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Václav Havel || A life story in 8 minutes

From his childhood steps through his first artistic achievements and months and years in opposition to the communist regime, to his election as president of Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, as a film director, and as a tireless defender of human rights and civil society.

The story – which is also a chronicle of the second half of the (Czech) 20th century – is narrated by journalist Ian Willoughby.

Directed and animated by Jakub Čermák.