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The Good Soldier Schweik (1926 film)

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The Good Soldier Schweik
Directed byKarel Lamač
StarringKarel Noll
Release date
  • 12 February 1926 (1926-02-12)
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1926 Czech black-and-white silent era comedy film directed by Karel Lamač,[1] based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk. The first of the Czech films starring Karel Noll, as the Good Soldier Švejk. Of these, it was the most closely based on the original, unfinished novel. Subsequent films continued the original story.

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Sequels

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A 76-minute cut of the first 3 films edited by Martin Frič, was released as The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk in 1930.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dobrý voják Švejk". csfd.cz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Švejk na frontě"
  3. ^ "Švejk v ruském zajetí"
  4. ^ "Švejk v civilu"
  5. ^ "Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka"
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