Pavel Landovský
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Pavel Landovský is a Czech actor, playwright and director.
Landovský studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague and then played in regional theaters in Teplice, Šumperk, Klatovy and Pardubice. He wrote his first play Hodinový hoteliér premiered at the Činoherní theater on 11 May 1969.
In 1971 he was banned from film and television. He continued acting at The Drama Club
and other theatres. Landovský was one of the initiators of the petition Charter 77
. Together with Vaclav Havel
and Ludvík Vaculík
he was one of the official spokesman of the resulting civil rights movement. He was then banned from working at the theater and emigrated to Vienna
, In 1978 we joined the ensemble of the Burgtheater
. After the Velvet Revolution
in 1989, he was able to return to Prague in January 1990. There he was able to play again in club Činoherní in the play Audience written 16 years earlier by his friend Vaclav Havel (recently elected as president) directed by Jiří Menzel
.
Landovský studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague and then played in regional theaters in Teplice, Šumperk, Klatovy and Pardubice. He wrote his first play Hodinový hoteliér premiered at the Činoherní theater on 11 May 1969.
In 1971 he was banned from film and television. He continued acting at The Drama Club
The Drama Club (Prague)
The Drama Club is a theatre located in Prague.The Drama Club was founded by Ladislav Smoček and Jaroslav Vostrý. The opening performance of Piknik took place on 3 March 1965. The actors in the seventies and eighties included Petr Čepek, Pavel Landovský, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Libuše Šafránková...
and other theatres. Landovský was one of the initiators of the petition Charter 77
Charter 77
Charter 77 was an informal civic initiative in communist Czechoslovakia from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members and architects were Václav Havel, Jan Patočka, Zdeněk Mlynář, Jiří Hájek, and Pavel Kohout. Spreading the text of the document was...
. Together with Vaclav Havel
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
and Ludvík Vaculík
Ludvík Vaculík
Ludvík Vaculík is a Czech writer and journalist. A prominent samizdat writer, he is most famous as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.-Pre-1968:...
he was one of the official spokesman of the resulting civil rights movement. He was then banned from working at the theater and emigrated to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, In 1978 we joined the ensemble of the Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
. After the Velvet Revolution
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...
in 1989, he was able to return to Prague in January 1990. There he was able to play again in club Činoherní in the play Audience written 16 years earlier by his friend Vaclav Havel (recently elected as president) directed by Jiří Menzel
Jirí Menzel
Jiří Menzel is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography...
.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Kousek nebe Kousek nebe Kousek nebe is a Czech romance film directed by Petr Nikolaev. It was released in 2005.-Cast:* Jakub Doubrava - Lubos* Tatiana Pauhofová - Dana * Petr Forman - Bruno* Ondrej Vetchý - Rusnák* Pavel Zednícek - Roubal... |
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| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film) The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milan Kundera, published in 1984. Director Philip Kaufman and screenplay writer Jean-Claude Carrière show Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the Prague Spring of the Communist... |
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| 1971 | The Tricky Game of Love The Tricky Game of Love The Tricky Game of Love is a Czech comedy film directed by Jirí Krejcík. It was released in 1971.-Cast:* Miloš Kopecký - Francesco Vergellesi * Božidara Turzonovová - Sandra Vergellesi... |
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| 1969 | End of a Priest End of a Priest End of a Priest is a 1969 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Evald Schorm. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Vlastimil Brodský - Verger* Jan Libíček - Teacher* Zdena Škvorecká - Anna* Jana Brejchová - Majka... |
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| Adelheid Adelheid (film) Adelheid is a 1969 Czechoslovak drama film directed by František Vláčil, and based on a novel by Vladimír Körner. Set in the Sudetenland shortly after World War II, a former Czechoslovak soldier returning from the Western front, becomes the caretaker of a manor occupied by a German family who... |
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| Já, truchlivý bůh Já, truchlivý bůh Já, truchlivý bůh is a Czech comedy film directed by Antonín Kachlík. It was released in 1969.-Cast:* Milos Kopecký - Adolf* Hana Lelitová - Janicka Malátová* Pavel Landovský - Apostol Certikidis* Jirina Jirásková - Mrs. Stenclová... |
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