Citizen Havel

Documentary film maker Pavel Koutecký filmed and observed the first Czech president from 1992 until 2005. Throughout the thirteen years he collected a lot of interesting material enabling us to be “backstage” witnesses of both the political and the private dramas of his presidential term. We watch his anxiety over the first presidential election or his rehearsals of the thanksgiving speech. Koutecký is not afraid to capture some of the more delicate situations of the president’s life. The final film provides a portrait of one of the most important Czech figures. The film was edited by director Miroslav Janek after Koutecký’s death.