Havel (film)
Havel is a 2020 Czech historical film based on the life of dissident and former Czech president Václav Havel. It is directed by Slávek Horák and stars Viktor Dvořák.[3] The film focuses on Havel's life from 1968 to 1989 when he was a dissident under the Communist regime and relationship with his wife Olga and friend Pavel Landovský.[4]
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Directed by | Slávek Horák |
Produced by | Slávek Horák |
Written by | Slávek Horák, Rudolf Suchánek |
Starring | Viktor Dvořák |
Cinematography | Jan Šťastný |
Edited by | Vladimír Barák |
Production company | Tvorba Films |
Distributed by | Bontonfilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Czech Republic |
Language | Czech |
Budget | 60 million CZK[1] |
Box office | 21 million CZK[2] |
Plot
The film starts in 1968. Václav Havel works as a playwright at Theatre on the Balustrade where he receives ovations. His career is interrupted by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The story then moves to 1976 when he participated in the preparation of Charter 77 which led to his imprisonment. The film largely focuses on Havel's personal life and relationship with his wife Olga. The film ends in 1989 during the Velvet Revolution.
Cast
- Viktor Dvořák as Václav Havel
- Aňa Geislerová as Olga Havlová
- Martin Hofmann as Pavel Landovský
- Stanislav Majer as Pavel Kohout
- Barbora Seidlová as Anna Kohoutová
- Jiří Bartoška as Jan Patočka
- Adrian Jastraban as Alexander Dubček
- Michal Isteník as interrogator
- Jiří Wohanka as interrogator
- Miroslav Hanuš as Václav Havel’s lawyer
- Vanda Janda as secretary
- Miki Křen
- Zdeněk Pecháček
- Jan Kolařík
- Dominik Miškovský
- Jiří Kout
- Pavel Hermanovský
- Roman Groszmann
See also
References
- "Režisér a producent Horák odstartoval natáčení celovečerního filmu Havel - Borovan.cz". www.borovan.cz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- "Havel - Tržby a návštěvnost". KINOMANIAK (in Czech). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- televize, Česká. "Havlův život jako inspirace pro film. Jeho příběh natáčí Slávek Horák, titulní roli hraje Viktor Dvořák". ČT24 - Nejdůvěryhodnější zpravodajský web v ČR - Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- "Film Havel je dotočený. První fotografie". Proti šedi (in Czech). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.