Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Karel SteklýDirector
- Karel SteklýScreenplay
- Jan SeidelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rudolf HrušínskýJosef Švejk
- Eva SvobodováMüllerová
- Josef HlinomazPalivec
- František Filipovskýagent Bretschneider
- Miloš Kopeckýfeldkurát Katz
- Svatopluk Benešnadporučík Lukáš
- Božena HavlíčkováKaty Wendlerová
- Felix le Breuxpolicejní rada
- Libuše Bokrovábaronka von Botzenheimová
- Olga KaráskováCast
- Bedřich Karenprofesor Heuer
- Václav PoláčekCast
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookworld war i