Movie

The Good Soldier Švejk

★ 7.5/10 · 43 votes 1957 1h 48m Released

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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