Václav Havel

Biography

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.

Known For

The Lost World of Communism

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Self

Zappa

Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Self (archive footage)

Wisdom

Forman vs. Forman

Self - Friend (archive footage)

Olga

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?	Self (archive footage)
2024	Zánik Československa v parlamentu	Self
2023	Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti	Self (archive footage)
2022	Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic	Self (archive footage)
2020	Zappa	Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
2019	Forman vs. Forman	Self - Friend (archive footage)
2018	Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague	Self
2017	Mečiar: The Lust For Power
2016	Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words	Self (archive footage)
2016	Jak odchází prezident...	Self (archive footage)
2014	Olga	Self
2014	Václav Havel - Living in Freedom	Himself (archive footage)
2012	The Presence of Arnošt Lustig	Self
2012	Věra 68	Himself
2011	I am Fishead	himself
2011	Czech Made Man	jako host
2010	Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010	Eye Over Prague
2009	Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé	lui-même
2008	Citizen Havel	Self
2008	Anatomie gagu
2008	Wisdom
2007	Hammer & Tickle	Self (archive footage)
2006	Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation
2003	The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton	Self
2003	Late Night Talks with Mother	Václav Havel
2001	The Plastic People of the Universe	Self
2000	Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
1998	Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart	Self
1996	A znovu Žebrácká opera	Self
1996	Stone Bridge	President
1996	What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government	Self
1995	Drawn from Memory	Self (voice)
1993	Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe	Self
1993	Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen	Self
1992	New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood	Self
1991	Why Havel?	Václav Havel
1991	November's Children: Revolution in Prague
1990	TGM the Liberator	Self
1981	The Stock-Check
1968	Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy	Self
1966	Every Young Man	trpěliví
1966	An Occasion to Speak	Self
1966	Mlha

Year	TV Show	Role
2009	The Lost World of Communism
1995	Goldene Henne	Self