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The Good Soldier Švejk

Not Rated Comedy War

Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová, Josef Hlinomaz, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký

Writer: Karel Steklý, Jaroslav Hašek

Release Date:
August 23, 1957
Ratings:
7.5 / 10
Director:
Karel Steklý
Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Overview

Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle.