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The Good Soldier Švejk
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The Good Soldier Švejk

1957-08-23 · 108 min · ★ 7.5

Comedy · War

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.

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Directors
Karel Steklý
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf HrušínskýJosef Švejk
Eva SvobodováEva SvobodováMüllerová
Josef HlinomazJosef HlinomazPalivec
František FilipovskýFrantišek Filipovskýagent Bretschneider
Miloš KopeckýMiloš Kopeckýfeldkurát Katz
Svatopluk BenešSvatopluk Benešnadporučík Lukáš
Božena HavlíčkováKaty Wendlerová
Felix le BreuxFelix le Breuxpolicejní rada
Libuše Bokrovábaronka von Botzenheimová
Olga Karásková
Bedřich KarenBedřich Karenprofesor Heuer
Václav Poláček
Josef KemrJosef Kemrvyšší voják z eskorty
Josef Šidlichovskýnižší voják z eskorty
František KreuzmannFrantišek KreuzmannKatzův věřitel
Vladimír Řepavězeň v klobouku
Eman FialaEman Fialavězeň
Vladimír LerausVladimír LerausKraus von Zillergut
Miloš NedbalMiloš Nedbalholohlavý lékař
Stanislav NeumannStanislav Neumannstarý lékař

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