The Good Soldier Švejk

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.

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Genre:

Comedy,

War

Duration:

108 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Karel Steklý

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Company:

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast:

Josef Švejk

Müllerová

Palivec

agent Bretschneider

feldkurát Katz

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Screenplay

First Assistant Director

Original Music Composer