The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

7.5/10 • 108 min • Comedy War

Overview

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.

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

Josef Švejk

Eva Svobodová

Müllerová

Josef Hlinomaz

Palivec

František Filipovský

agent Bretschneider

Miloš Kopecký

feldkurát Katz

Svatopluk Beneš

nadporučík Lukáš

Felix le Breux

policejní rada

Bedřich Karen

profesor Heuer

Josef Kemr

vyšší voják z eskorty

František Kreuzmann

Katzův věřitel

Eman Fiala

vězeň

Vladimír Leraus

Kraus von Zillergut

Miloš Nedbal

holohlavý lékař

Stanislav Neumann

starý lékař

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