The Good Soldier Švejk

The Good Soldier Švejk

108 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 23, 1957

Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk 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.

The Good Soldier Švejk

108 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 23, 1957

The Good Soldier Švejk
Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk 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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Dobrý voják Švejk
Directors Lada Vacková, Karel Steklý
Writers Jaroslav Hašek, Karel Steklý

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

Bedřich Karen

as profesor Heuer

Josef Kemr

as vyšší voják z eskorty

Josef Šidlichovský

as nižší voják z eskorty

František Kreuzmann

as Katzův věřitel

Vladimír Řepa

as vězeň v klobouku

Eman Fiala

as vězeň

Vladimír Leraus

as Kraus von Zillergut

Miloš Nedbal

as holohlavý lékař

Stanislav Neumann

as starý lékař

Jiřina Steimarová

as prostitutka Anděla

Světla Svozilová

as barončina společnice

Bedřich Vrbský

as MUDr. Grünstein

Bohuš Záhorský

as obchodník Wendler

Antonín Jedlička

as číšník

Stella Zázvorková

as prostitutka s bičem na stole

Alena Kreuzmannová

as lehká holka

Václav Trégl

as nevinný vězeň

František Černý

as tlustý vězeň

Marie Grossová

as lehká holka

Fanda Mrázek

as harmonikář

Galina Korotkevich

as pani Katti Vendlerova (rol Bozheny Gavlichkovoy)voice