The Czech Republic: Vaclav Havel | European Journal

DW (English) 2010-08-05

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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.

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