Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)

Original title

Švejk v civilu

Directed by

Gustav Machatý

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

Czechoslovakia, Austria

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier returns to civilian life after the war and gets into a series of small misadventures. The film follows his attempts to navigate everyday situations with his own peculiar logic.

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What happens

Schweik in Civilian Life (Czech: Švejk v civilu) is a 1927 Czech-Austrian silent comedy film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Karel Noll, Dina Gralla and Albert Paulig. It is a sequel to the 1926 film The Good Soldier Schweik. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Vilém Rittershain, Hans Ledersteger and Alois Mecera. Location shooting took place in Vienna, Karlovy Vary and Prague. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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