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Václav Havel
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 75
GenderMaleNationalityCzechoslovakiaBorn05/10/1936Born inPrague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]Died18/12/2011 (aged 75)Died inHrádečekCauserespiratory failureWikidataQ36233 ↗Buried atVinohrady CemeteryTMDb#579477 ↗

Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became 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.

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Filmography28 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?MovieSelf (archive footage)88
2020ZappaMovieSelf - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)84
2017Mečiar: The Lust For PowerMovie—81
2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2014OlgaMovieSelf78
2012Věra 68MovieHimself76
2011Czech Made ManMoviejako host75
2011LeavingMovie—75
2011Divadlo SvobodaMovieSelf75
2011I am FisheadMoviehimself75
2010Eye Over PragueMovie—74
2009The Lost World of CommunismSeries—73
2008Citizen HavelMovieSelf72
2007Hammer & TickleMovieSelf (archive footage)71
2006Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on VacationMovie—70
2003The Power of Good: Nicholas WintonMovieSelf67
2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)Movie—64
1998Lou Reed: Rock and Roll HeartMovieSelf62
1997HARDtalkSeries—61
1996A znovu Žebrácká operaMovieSelf60
1995Goldene HenneSeriesSelf59
1993Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches MärchenMovieSelf57
1993Curious: The Velvet Underground in EuropeMovieSelf57
1992New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodMovieSelf56
1991Bill Moyers: Beyond HateMovie—55
1991November's Children: Revolution in PragueMovie—55
1982American PlayhouseSeriesSelf (voice)46
1968Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a TragedyMovieSelf32