Havel

The life career of Václav Havel (1936-2011), a persecuted playwright and human rights defender in the Czech Republic subjected to the implacable power of the Soviet Union who became president of the country in the late 1

Adventure Havel - On the way with Sascha Hingst

Why Havel?

The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný: The Film Poet in Exile (2020) authored by the film historian Jiří Voráč. The monograph is centered on the legendary director’s life and career

Citizen Havel

The documentary explores the presidency of Václav Havel, a poet who unexpectedly became president. The film, starting in 1992, captures Havel’s experiences after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, a significant defeat for hi

Citizen Havel Rolls Another Barrel

Columbus on the Havel River

An eleven-year old girl goes on a sailing trip with her parents who don't know much about sailing.

Havel. About Freedom

The ideas of the first Czech president come to life in a student film by an author originally from Magnitogorsk, Russia, who, after studying animation in Yekaterinburg, went on to earn a master's degree at UTB in Zlín. V

Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

This time-lapse documentary follows the last years of former President Václav Havel's life, creating a multi-layered portrait of a world-famous political icon and important playwright, but also an ordinary man plagued by

Vaclav Havel: A Czech Drama

Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

This quirky documentary follows Vaclav Havel on an eye-opening journey across his native Czechoslovakia in the days before he became president of the Czech Republic. A leading playwright, essayist, intellectual and polit

Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

Bohemian, playwright, and suddenly president at the end of 1989: Czech European Václav Havel played a decisive role in shaping the history of the continent in the second half of the 20th century. Andrea Sedláčková recoun

Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen

Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

Five years after stepping down as President of the Republic, Vaclav Havel returns to the theater with a play that raises questions. A play that examines the ills of our society, and humorously depicts the pretentiousness

Lord Curzon Ki Haveli

Follows four Desis as they meet in an unplanned dinner. Rohit tells his guests upon arriving that there is a corpse in the trunk. The not-so-innocent joke will change their lives that very night.

Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him

Havelland. Fontane

At first it seems a spoken word film whose greatness comes only from the famous text of Theodor Fontane.

Largo Desolato

A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on t

Max Havelaar

Television adaptation of the Dutch musical based on the Dutch novel from 1860 by Multatuli. Max Havelaar tries to battle against the corrupt government system of the Dutch colony in Java.

Havelland Krimi - Hinter der Fassade

Haveli

An undercover policeman attempts to solve a murder and ends up with more murders on his hands, a mysterious killer, and other people out to kill him.