Screenplay:
Pavel KouteckýCinematography:
Stano SlušnýCast:
Václav Havel, Bill Clinton, Jan Tříska, Václav Klaus, Dagmar Havlová, George W. Bush, Miloš Zeman, Ladislav Smoljak, Mick Jagger, Táňa Fischerová (more)VOD (1)
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After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1992, former political dissident, leader of the Velvet Revolution, playwright, and essayist Václav Havel became the first president of a new country, the Czech Republic. Thus it came to pass that a former enemy of the state was actually given the popular mandate to transform that state and its institutions. Such events are not commonplace so, from day one, he permitted his friend, filmmaker Pavel Koutecký, to be with him, to capture as much of it as possible, whether in the Prague Castle or around the world. The result is Citizen Havel, a feature-length documentary of never-before-seen footage that provides an intimate look at a man thrust into the spotlight of international politics and celebrity, trying to maintain a balance between public and personal life while bringing his nation out of its communist past and into a free, democratic future. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Václav Havel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Bill Clinton
USA
Best movies:
Contact (1997) - a.f.
Richard Jewell (2019) - a.f.
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) - a.f.
Jan Tříska
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Václav Klaus
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
President Blaník (2018)
Bestiarium (2007)
Dagmar Havlová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Noc pastýřů (1993) (TV movie)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
George W. Bush
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Die Hard 4.0 (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
Miloš Zeman
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Candidate (2013)
President Blaník (2018)
Ladislav Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Mick Jagger
UK
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
Táňa Fischerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Záchvěv strachu (1984)
Keith Richards
UK
Best movies:
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (video compilation)
Milan Mejla Hlavsa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kanárek (1999)
Zvláštní bytosti (1990)
War of Colours (1995)
Eva Holubová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (2023)
Barbora Hrzánová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdý Budžes (2003) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Koutecký
Czechoslovakia
Leoš Suchařípa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Larks on a String (1969)
Karel Zich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
Královský gambit (1974) (TV movie)
Zlá noc (1973)
Peter Dvorský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Prodaná nevěsta (1981) (TV movie)
Hity 89 (1989) (concert)
Rusalka (1977)
Viktor Stoilov
Best movies:
Prague Stories (1999)
Ladislav Špaček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
President Blaník (2018)
Leaving (2011)