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.
Stars: Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová, Josef Hlinomaz, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký, Svatopluk Beneš
Crew: Karel Steklý (Director), Rudolf Stahl (Director of Photography), Karel Steklý (Screenplay), Václav Dobeš (Unit Production Manager), Lada Vacková (First Assistant Director), Jan Seidel (Original Music Composer)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
Runtime: 108 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 23, 1957
IMDb: 3.3
Keywords:based on novel or book, world war i
