The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

Name: The Good Soldier Švejk
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1957-08-23
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová, Josef Hlinomaz, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký

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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Released 1957-08-23 · 108 min · Comedy, War

Directed by Karel Steklý

Part of Josef Švejk Collection

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský as Josef Švejk
Eva Svobodová as Müllerová
Josef Hlinomaz as Palivec
František Filipovský as agent Bretschneider
Miloš Kopecký as feldkurát Katz
Svatopluk Beneš as nadporučík Lukáš
Božena Havlíčková as Katy Wendlerová
Felix le Breux as policejní rada
Libuše Bokrová as baronka von Botzenheimová
Olga Karásková
Bedřich Karen as profesor Heuer
Václav Poláček
Josef Kemr as vyšší voják z eskorty
Josef Šidlichovský as nižší voják z eskorty
František Kreuzmann as Katzův věřitel