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The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

★ 7.5/10 108 min Comedy, War Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Karel Steklý
Screenplay by: Karel Steklý
Novel: Jaroslav Hašek
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský Josef Švejk
Eva Svobodová
Eva Svobodová Müllerová
Josef Hlinomaz
Josef Hlinomaz Palivec
František Filipovský
František Filipovský agent Bretschneider
Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký feldkurát Katz
Svatopluk Beneš
Svatopluk Beneš nadporučík Lukáš
Božena Havlíčková Katy Wendlerová
Felix le Breux
Felix le Breux policejní rada

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