The Good Soldier Švejk

Name: The Good Soldier Švejk
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1957-08-23
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová, Josef Hlinomaz, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký

August 23, 1957
Directed by
Karel Steklý

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.