Why Havel?

Synopsis

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 after his emigration to Western Europe and to the US after 1968, which have so far received little attention. In exile, Jasný established himself as a film director (he authored over thirty cinema and TV films and documentaries), stage director, photographer, and film studies lecturer. The first part will be followed by the screening of Jasný’s documentary Why Havel? co-produced by himself and Miloš Forman in Canada and Czechoslovakia in 1991. As remarkable as this reflection of the paradoxical transformation of a dissident into a president in the carnival-like atmosphere of the euphoric post-revolution period with the first question marks already appearing may be, it did not meet the expectations of the head of state.

Main Cast

Václav Havel

Václav Havel

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Miloš Forman

voice

Age : 86 | Popularity : 13%

Olga Havlová

Olga Havlová

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maximilian Schell

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Sylvain Brault Jaroslav Kučera
Writing	Screenplay	Vojtěch Jasný
Directing	Director	Vojtěch Jasný
Department	Role	Name

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