A president's last 48 hours: dignity optional, chaos guaranteed.
A bitter sweet comedy that follows a highly appointed Chancellor who set to step down from his position after years of service to his country. With just two last days left to enjoy his palatial villa before he is finally evicted, his situation gradually goes from bad to worse.
Writing
Havel's own play, sharpened by exile experience.
Acting
Abrhám's magnificent slow-motion unravel.
Director
Václav Havel
Josef Abrhám
Vilém Rieger
Vlasta Chramostová
grandmother
Eva Holubová
Erika
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Irena
Tatiana Dyková
Vlasta (as Tatiana Vilhelmová)
Jan Budař
Albín
Ivana Uhlířová
Zuzana
Jiří Lábus
Hanus
Oldřich Kaiser
Viktor
Barbora Seidlová
Bea Weissenmütelhofová
Stanislav Zindulka
Osvald
Jiří Macháček
Jack
Stanislav Milota
Bob
Miroslav Krobot
Knobloch
Jaroslav Dušek
Vlastík Klein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Havel wrote this after his own presidency ended in 2003, making it essentially autobiographical fiction with bite.
Dagmar Havlová, playing Irena, was Havel's actual wife — casting that blurs brutal art and life.
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