The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)
1h 48m
Running Time
August 23, 1957Release Date
The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)
1h 48m
Running Time
August 23, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Rudolf Hrušínský
Josef Švejk

Eva Svobodová
Müllerová

Josef Hlinomaz
Palivec

František Filipovský
agent Bretschneider

Miloš Kopecký
feldkurát Katz

Svatopluk Beneš
nadporučík Lukáš

Božena Havlíčková
Katy Wendlerová

Felix le Breux
policejní rada

Libuše Bokrová
baronka von Botzenheimová

Olga Karásková

Bedřich Karen
profesor Heuer

Josef Kemr
vyšší voják z eskorty

Josef Šidlichovský
nižší voják z eskorty

František Kreuzmann
Katzův věřitel

Vladimír Řepa
vězeň v klobouku

Eman Fiala
vězeň

Vladimír Leraus
Kraus von Zillergut

Miloš Nedbal
holohlavý lékař

Stanislav Neumann
starý lékař

Jiřina Steimarová
prostitutka Anděla

Světla Svozilová
barončina společnice

Bedřich Vrbský
MUDr. Grünstein

Bohuš Záhorský
obchodník Wendler

Antonín Jedlička
číšník

Stella Zázvorková
prostitutka s bičem na stole

Alena Kreuzmannová
lehká holka

Václav Trégl
nevinný vězeň

František Černý
tlustý vězeň

Marie Grossová
lehká holka

Fanda Mrázek
harmonikář

Galina Korotkevich
pani Katti Vendlerova (rol Bozheny Gavlichkovoy)voice

Karel Steklý
Director / Screenplay

Rudolf Stahl
Director of Photography

Karel Marek
Makeup & Hair

Josef Beran
Production Manager

Jan Janda
Set Decoration

Jan Seidel
Original Music Composer

Bohumil Pokorný
Assistant Production Design

Lada Vacková
First Assistant Director

František Belfín
Conductor

Eva Kolářová
Script

Václav Dobeš
Unit Production Manager

Magda Hájková
Assistant Editor

Boris Moravec
Production Design

Jaroslav Hašek
Novel

Josef Gabriel
Costume Design

Miloslav Hůrka
Sound

Miroslav Hájek
Editor

Miloš Patočka

Otto Lackovič

Ladislav Navrátil

Slávka Rosenbergová

Kajetán Maudr

Richard Záhorský

František Kubíček

Milan Mach

Jaroslav Radimecký

František Marek

Oldřich Hoblík

Otto Hradecký

Marie Nováková

Kamil Bešťák

Antonín Lebeda

Viktor Očásek

Ladislav Krečmer

Miloslav Homola

Theodor Strejcius

Vladimír Majer

Václav Wasserman

Josef Benátský

Jan Skopeček

Bohuslav Kupšovský
Media.



Details.
Release DateAugust 23, 1957
Original NameDobrý voják Švejk
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
world war i
Wiki.
The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1956 Czechoslovak anti-war comedy film written and directed by Karel Steklý. It was based on the novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek and was nominated for the 1957 Crystal Globe Awards. It was followed by a 1957 sequel I Dutifully Report.
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