Prague “marathon” of Havel films promises rare materials

A “marathon” of films relating to the late Václav Havel is set to take place at Prague’s National Technical Library on Friday and Saturday. Organisers say viewers can look forward to previously unseen materials, including a recording of Havel speaking on Czechoslovak Television following the 1969 self-immolation of Jan Palach and an interview with the then dissident in a Prague hospital in late October 1989. The event has been timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the playwright and president’s death on December 18.

Author: Ian Willoughby