Pavel Landovský
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Pavel Landovský (September 11, 1936 – October 10, 2014) was a Czech actor, playwright and director. He was a prominent dissident under the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia.
Landovský was born in Německý Brod and studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague and then played in regional theaters in Teplice, Šumperk, Klatovy and Pardubice. The first play that he wrote, Hodinový hoteliér, premiered at the Činoherní theater on 11 May 1969. In 1971 the communist regime banned him from film and television. He continued acting at The Drama Club and other theatres. Landovský was one of the initiators of the human rights' petition Charter 77. He was subsequently banned from working at the theater. Constantly harassed by the secret police (Státní bezpečnost), during the winter of 1978-79, Landovský was accosted at night by an agent and severely beaten and had his leg broken. Feeling compelled to leave for his safety, when was offered a position in the ensemble of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, he accepted.
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, he was able to return to Prague in January 1990. There he was able to act again, playing one of the lead characters in the play Audience at club Činoherní - a play written by his friend Václav Havel 16 years earlier, and who had recently been elected president of then Czechoslovakia. The play was directed by Jiří Menzel.
He died on October 10, 2014 from a heart attack in Kytín, aged 78.
Known for
Der Alte
Papa Dop
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“
Late Night Talks with Mother
Pavel Landovský
Nechcete jet do Bembrly?
Annoying Passenger
Drawn from Memory
Self (voice)
Die goldene Jungfrau
Film festival director
Murderous Tales
O svatební krajce
sklepník
The Soft Course
Closely Watched Trains
Silvestr 71
Self – Host
Die falschen Fiddler
rabbi
Bedtime Story
O'Brien
Pan Tau
Ragtime
Solomon Peretz
Příběhy slavných
Self
Hrozné děti
Lásky Emanuela Přibyla
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Pavel
Audience
Brewmaster
Proměny nože
Sign of the Cancer
Hříšní lidé města pražského
F. L. Věk
Black Barons
maj. Haluška
Slečny přijdou později
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Fízl
Angel Exit
Machata
The Uninvited Guest
host
The Valley of the Bees
Young Hunter (voice)
Empties
Řezáč
Headstand
Stunk
Hry lásky šálivé
Chyťte doktora
Cyril Záruba
Amerika
Robinson
I, Mournful God
Apostol Certikidis
Bližní na tapetě
The End of a Priest
Hoteliér
Straw Hat
Hazard
Shameless
Bedrich
Marketa Lazarová
Smil
Policajti z předměstí
Kulich
Policajti z předměstí
Válka barev
Flirt se slečnou Stříbrnou
Vašek
Contemporaries
Andrej Borowicz
Adelheid
Guardsman Jindra
Fantom operety
Stínu neutečeš
Řehoř
Follow Me
Professor Pavel Navrátil
Hunderennen
Ladislav Lapák
Klec pro dva
WesternStory
Trubec
Piknik
Podezření
Robert
Bejvávalo
The Stock-Check
Jarmok márnosti
Houslista
Young Bohácek's Sufferings
Boháček
An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World
Reeve
Die Försterbuben
Franz
Zázračný hlavolam
Cesta mstitele své cti
Únos domů
Podestát
A Man Who Rose in Price
Konec draka Kusodrápa
Touha Sherlocka Holmese
PARADISE LTD.
house superintendent
Bigbeatová svatba
Every Young Man
Svobodník
Halt, Or I'll Miss!
Petřina
Vintage Car
The Plastic People of the Universe
Self
Max, Sally and the Magic Phone
The Way Through the Bleak Woods
Nejsem chmýrko na bodláku
Windstorm
Standa Kocián
Ark of Fools
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) / Nikita (voice) (uncredited)
Tramps
pharmacist
A Little Piece of Heaven
Starej
Bastardi III
dědeček
Svatby pana Voka
Rudolf II. Habsburský
Flames of Royal Love
Princess' Father
The Unfortunate Bridegroom
řidič
Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
zahradník Ferdinand
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
Jelíček
10 % nádeje
Milan Papiež
Revizor
Já a moji synové...
Self
Silvestrovské kousky Františka Housky
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
Pugatshov
Brýle
Krásný ztráty
Self