Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 4, 2006

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 political dissident in 1985, Havel decides to explore the limits of the secret police by traveling and visiting a variety of friends. Along the way, he's thrown in jail twice and followed by hundreds of undercover cops.

Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 4, 2006

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 political dissident in 1985, Havel decides to explore the limits of the secret police by traveling and visiting a variety of friends. Along the way, he's thrown in jail twice and followed by hundreds of undercover cops.
Producers
Original title Občan Václav Havel jede na dovolenou
Directors Adam Novák, Jan Novák
Writers Adam Novák, Jan Novák

Cast