The Good Soldier Schweik (1956 film)
| The Good Soldier Schweik | |
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| Directed by | Karel Steklý |
| Written by | Karel Steklý |
| Produced by | Barrandov Studios |
| Starring | Rudolf Hrušínský |
| Music by | Jan Seidel |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech (original) |
The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1956 Czech color antiwar comedy film written and directed by Karel Steklý.[1] It was based on famous 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 (Czech: Poslušně hlásím).
Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský as Josef Švejk
- František Filipovský as agent Bretschneider
- Svatopluk Beneš as first lieutenant Lukáš
- Josef Hlinomaz as innkeeper Palivec
- Miloš Kopecký as chaplain Katz
- Božena Havlíčková as Katy Wendlerová
- Eva Svobodová as ms. Müller
- Felix Le Breux as police council
References
- ^ "Dobrý voják Švejk". csfd.cz.
External links
- Dobrý voják Svejk at IMDb
- Poslusne hlásím at IMDb
- Subtitles for The Good Soldier Schweik (Dobry vojak Svejk) at opensubtitles.org
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Categories:
- 1956 films
- 1950s war comedy films
- Czech films
- Czechoslovak films
- Czech-language films
- The Good Soldier Švejk
- Films based on Czech novels
- Films based on works by Jaroslav Hašek
- Films directed by Karel Steklý
- World War I films set on the Eastern Front
- Czech war comedy films
- Anti-war comedy films
- Film remakes
- 1956 comedy films
- 1950s Czech film stubs
- 1950s comedy film stubs