Pavel Landovský

Biography

Pavel Landovský was a Czech actor, playwright, and director who was born in Německý Brod on September 11, 1936. He wrote his first play, Hodinový hoteliér, which premiered at the Činoherní theater in Prague in 1969, and went on to become a prominent dissident under communist rule, co-founding Charter 77 and facing harassment by the secret police. After the Velvet Revolution, he returned to Prague and resumed his acting career, playing lead roles in notable productions.