Watch Why Havel? (1991) Online

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. Read More

Watch Why Havel? online. Featuring Václav Havel and Miloš Forman, Why Havel? is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was released on 1991. Why Havel? was directed by Miloš Forman,Vojtěch Jasný. Read Less