Hvížďala and Landovský: A Private Revolt
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 26, 2022, 16:30 – 18:00
“You’re some mate. You’ll do an interview with Havel but you forget about me, who you’ve known far longer and who introduced you to him.” After this benign challenge Karel Hvížďala got organising. In 1987 Pavel Landovský visited him for a week in Bonn, giving rise to the book Soukromá vzpoura (A Private Revolt). In it Hvížďala recalls how the actor arrived in Bonn, occupied the entire house, wouldn’t let anyone in the kitchen, did everything his own way and sharpened on a step not just their knives but those of the whole street. He told stories for hours, acted, jumped on chairs, rolled on the ground, pulled faces, changed his clothes and pulled on his braces…
Fortunately Hvížďala managed to translate his expansive speech into written language and now, 35 years later, an audio book has also been produced, with Jiří Lábus standing in brilliantly for the absent Pavel Landovský.
Pavel Landovský will be remembered by Karel Hvížďala, Jiří Lábus, Karel Steigerwald and Petr Fischer.
Vladimír Merta will provide musical accompaniment.