Havel jede na dovolenou
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This 80-minute documentary recreates a trip around Czechoslovakia that its future president Václav Havel took in 1985 when he was still the country’s most prominent dissident. In the course of one week, he was twice thrown into jail for 48 hours of preventive detention and followed by over 300 plainclothed policemen, who would helpfully point out to him the right way whenever he got lost. Contrasted with the authentic Czech TV news of the period (the harvest was going swimmingly), the stories of Havel and his dissident hosts show that you can live a great life even under the staggering pressure of a totalitarian juggernaut. (official distributor synopsis)
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A documentary not only about Václav Havel. It follows Havel on a summer holiday trip he took in 1985, when we find out about the treatment of people who signed Charter 77 at the hands of the Czechoslovak secret police - harassment and interrogation. But the documentarians fail to go into any depth and stay more in the realm of interesting points and reminiscences. It is certainly interesting and, in some places, powerful too, but it’s more for people who are new to all this, because most of the episodes recounted here have already been published or told elsewhere.
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