In 1989, poet turned jailed dissident turned political hero Vaclav Havel saw the fruits of his years long fight for a freedom beyond communist rule in Czechoslovakia. He held the mostly ceremonial post of President just long enough to see his country torn in two. In 1992 the fifth estate’s Hana Gartner travels to Prague just as Havel’s creation crumbles -the Slovaks to the east wanted out. The once popular leader was driven from the stage in rallies in Slovakia and saw the Czech and Slovak Prime Ministers broker a backroom deal to divide the territory - The Velvet Revolution. The protesting playwright was also not long for the political stage in his homeland, his refusal to play partisan politics his undoing. He would go on, against some criticism to run for President in the new Czech republic, a post he would hold for ten years. the fifth estate is celebrating our 40th season and we are taking a look back at some of the people and places we have featured on the program. To celebrate our 40 years on the air, we’re doing something we’ve never done before : turn the cameras on ourselves. Join us on Secrets of the fifth estate. Tune in Thursday April 9th at 9 PM on CBC Television. For more on Secrets of the fifth estate : http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/fifthsecrets/ For more on the fifth estate : http://www.cbc.ca/fifth Follow us on Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/cbcfifth Like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thefifthestate
Vaclav Havel ist Autor, Politiker und Symbolfigur der demokratischen Wende in Tschechien. Jetzt gibt er sein Regiedebüt. Über den Abschied von Politikern.Havel verfilmt sein erfolgreiches Theaterstück Abgang . Es handelt vom Verlust der Macht. Ein alternder Politiker muss abtreten, er ist umgeben von Speichelleckern und Verrätern. Als ehemaliger Staatspräsident weiß Havel genau, wovon er schreibt. Die Verfilmung ist nur folgerichtig, denn das Thema ist ganz aktuell: in den vergangenen sieben Jahren hat Tschechien sechs verschiedene Regierungen gehabt. Havel trifft den Nerv vieler Europäer. Auch in anderen Ländern sind Rücktritte mittlerweile Gang und Gäbe.
http://www.euronews.net/ World leaders have been in Prague for the funeral of Vaclav Havel, the man who led Czechoslovakia from Stalinism to democracy. The Clintons from the US, Sarkozy and Cameron from France and Britain, Buzak and Barroso from the EU all turned out at St Vitus Cathedral to remember the leader of 1989's peaceful Velvet Revolution. Havel died on Sunday after a long respiratory illness. He was 75.
Politician, playwright and former Czech leader Vaclav Havel, a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died aged 75.
Thousands of Czechs braved the freezing cold Monday in Prague to pay their respects to former President Vaclav Havel, who died Sunday at age 75. Judy Woodruff discusses the extraordinary life of the writer, dissident and president with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
18 novembre 2009 Vingt ans après la révolution de Velours conduite par des intellectuels, rencontre avec l'écrivain et ancien président de la République, Vaclav HAVEL qui fut l'artisan le plus marquant de cette révolution aux côtés de l'actuel ministre des Droits de l'homme, et Michael KOCAB, musicien et Ministre des Droits de l'homme. Commentaire sur images d'archives (novembre 1989) en alternance avec les témoignages d'anonymes et les interviews de Vaclav HAVEL et de Michael KOCAB.Interview de Vaclav HAVEL par la presse,dans un petit théâtre de Prague où il débuta : " ... la reconstruction de la société civile totalement détruite par des années de communisme sera longue et difficile. J'avais tord de penser que cela se ferait plus rapidement ..." Interview de Michael KOCAB après l'avoir vu avec ses musiciens : " je peux vivre sans politique mais pas sans musique...".In Caroline SINZ, Envoyée spéciale à Prague. politique; archive television; archive tv; ina; inna; Institut National de l'Audiovisuel; french tv Images d'archive INA Institut National de l'Audiovisuel http://www.ina.fr Abonnez-vous http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Inapolitique Abonnez-vous http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Inapolitique #INA #Politique
Prime Minister David Cameron, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were amongst the mourners at the funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague.
Vaclav Havel is a playwright, politician and a symbolic figure of the democratic revolution in Czechoslovakia. Now he is making his debut as a movie director with a film about Politicians stepping down.Havel is making a movie of his successful play Leaving . An aging politician has to step down, he's surrounded by sycophants and traitors. As the former president Havel knows what he is writing about. The dramatization is relevant to the Czech Republic which has had six governments in the past seven years. Havel hits a nerve with many Europeans. The resignation of governments is common in other nations too.
Dignitaries, friends and admirers pay their final respects to Vaclav Havel, the former Czech president.
The leader of the Velvet Revolution dies aged 75.