The Good Soldier Švejk

About The Good Soldier Švejk

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.

The Good Soldier Švejk is a 1957 comedy war film directed by Karel Steklý. At 108 minutes long, it arrived in August 1957.

The film began as a novel.

Rudolf Hrušínský takes the lead as Josef Švejk, Eva Svobodová as Müllerová, Josef Hlinomaz as Palivec, and František Filipovský as agent Bretschneider. The screenplay is by Karel Steklý. American members can watch it on Klassiki.

All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, and The Lost City of Z make useful companions to The Good Soldier Švejk.