I Dutifully Report (1958)

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. With the distinctive traditional Czech cartoon character of a soldier Svejk, this time you meet on the way to the front and eventually right in the firing line. You can look at his famous train events, and also probably the most famous episode of the novel, Švejk's Budějovice anabasis. Don't miss the scene with the secretly bought cognac, the episode with Svejk as a fake Russian prisoner of war, including the court scene, and the scene in which lieutenant Dub is caught in a brothel. Despite the criticism, Steklý's adaptation is undoubtedly the most famous and memorable at present.
- Released
- 1958-01-03
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Karel Steklý, Karel Steklý
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 24 votes
Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský as Josef Švejk
- Svatopluk Beneš as nadporučík Jindřich Lukáš
- Miloš Nedbal as generálmajor von Schwarzburg
- Jaroslav Marvan as strážmistr Flanderka
- Fanda Mrázek as závodčí
- Jaroslav Vojta as starý ovčák
- Alois Dvorský as starý tulák
- Jana Kovaříková as bába Pejzlarka
- František Černý as hostinský
- František Šlégr as obrst Schröder
- Otto Hradecký as hejtman Ságner
- František Filipovský as poručík Dub
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