The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)
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.
- Released
- 1957-08-23
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Karel Steklý, Karel Steklý
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 43 votes
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