Václav Havel

Known for ActingBorn 1936-10-05Died 2011-12-18Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.Read more

Movies & web series

The Plastic People of the Universe

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

Drawn from Memory

TGM the Liberator

The Stock-Check

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate

HARDtalk

Mlýny

Věra 68

Late Night Talks with Mother

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

Largo Desolato

Citizen Havel

Forman vs. Forman

Sorry...

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Hammer & Tickle

Zappa

Czech Made Man

Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

Theatre 625

Every Young Man

Mlha

I am Fishead

Audience

The Lost World of Communism

Wisdom

Leaving

Mečiar: The Lust For Power

Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

Olga

The Beggar's Opera

November's Children: Revolution in Prague

Stone Bridge

Zánik Československa v parlamentu

Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

Blue Moon Once

Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic

Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

Jak odchází prezident...

Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

Divadlo Svoboda

Life Is Bearable at Times...

Eye Over Prague