The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka one of his biggest creative challenges. Trnka himself felt that the final episode was the most artistically successful, but there's much to enjoy in all three, not least the way that the lackadaisical layabout Svejk's own self-serving anecdotes are realized through cut-out animation.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Jiří TrnkaDirector
- Jiří TrnkaWriter
Cast
- Jan WerichNarrator