The Good Soldier Schweik (1957)
- Original title
- Dobrý voják Švejk
- Directed by
- Karel Steklý
- Genre
- comedy film, war film, political film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A simple soldier navigates the absurdities of war and bureaucracy with a straight-faced and bumbling attitude. The film follows his misadventures as he gets shuffled through military life during World War I.
comedicsatiricalwrylightheartedironicabsurd
What happens
The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1956 Czechoslovak anti-war comedy film written and directed by Karel Steklý. It was based on the novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek and was nominated for the 1957 Crystal Globe Awards. It was followed by a 1957 sequel I Dutifully Report. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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