''Leaving'' ( cs, Odcházení) is a 2011 Czech
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
written and directed by
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...
, based on his play of the
same name, an absurdist look at the life of an ex-politician.
The film received two
Czech Lion
The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ...
awards.
Background
''Leaving'' is the only film directed by former Czech president and playwright Václav Havel. It was released in cinemas on 24 March 2011, and broadcast by
Czech Television
Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechos ...
on 18 December, the day of Havel's death.
The film received nominations in all major feature film categories in the
2011 Czech Lion Awards, winning two: Best Editing (Jiří Brožek) and Best Screenplay (Havel).
It was screened within the ''Forum'' section of the 2011
Berlinale and at the second ''Festival du film Czech-in'', Paris.
Cast
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Josef Abrhám
Josef Abrhám (14 December 1939 – 16 May 2022) was a Czech film and theatre actor.
Biography
He originally began studying acting at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and later moved to Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts i ...
as Vilém Rieger
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Dagmar Havlová as Irena
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Vlasta Chramostová
Vlasta Chramostová (17 November 1926 – 6 October 2019) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in 35 films since 1950. She starred in the 1950 film '' The Trap'' which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
A signatory of Charter 77, ...
as Grandmother
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Eva Holubová
Eva Holubová (born 7 March 1959) is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film ''Ene Bene'' and in 2006, she was nominated for the Best Actr ...
as Monika
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Tatiana Vilhelmová
Tatiana Dyková, née Vilhelmová (born July 13, 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech film and stage actress. She made her professional debut in ''Indian Summer'' (1995), directed by Saša Gedeon, for which she received her first nominatio ...
as Vlasta
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Jan Budař
Jan Budař (born 31 July 1977) is a Czech actor, director, singer, composer and script writer.
Biography
Budař was born in Frýdlant near Liberec. He graduated from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno in 2000. He s ...
as Albín
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Ivana Uhlířová as Zuzana
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Jiří Lábus as Hanus
* Roman Bloodworth as Občan Vaněk
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Oldřich Kaiser as Viktor
* Barbora Seidlová as Bea Weissenmütelhofová
* Stanislav Zindulka as Osvald
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Jiří Macháček as Jack
* Stanislav Milota as Bob
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Miroslav Krobot as Knobloch
References
External links
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2011 films
2011 drama films
2011 directorial debut films
Czech drama films
2010s Czech-language films
Czech films based on plays
Czech Lion Awards winners (films)
Works by Václav Havel
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