Stock Photo - The funeral ceremony of Czech actor, dissident, a signatory of human rights manifesto Charter 77 and former Burgtheater member Pavel Landovsky was held in St. Ignatius' of Loyola church in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 17, 2014. Landovsky died aged 78 on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Pictured catholic priest Ladislav Heryan (in violet robe). Landovsky was one of the most popular Czechoslovak actors in the 1960s, having played in many films, such as the Oscar-winning Closely Watched Trains by Jiri Menzel from 1966. He was one of the first signatories of Charter 77. In 1978, the Communist authorities forced him to leave Czechoslovakia. Landovsky stayed in Austria where he continued his career as an actor in the prestigious Burgtheater in Vienna. After the Communist regime was ousted in 1989, he returned to Czechoslovakia. Landovsky was one of the friends of late former president and playwright Vaclav Havel. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Stock Photo: The funeral ceremony of Czech actor, dissident, a signatory of human rights manifesto Charter 77 and former Burgtheater member Pavel Landovsky was held in St.

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