The Good Soldier Schwejk (2018)
- Directed by
- Christine Edzard
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A soldier in World War I uses his own peculiar methods to protest the senselessness and absurdity of war. The film follows his unexpected and enduring resistance against military bungling and irrationality.
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What happens
The Good Soldier Schwejk is a 2018 anti-war satirical film directed by Christine Edzard. It is based on the dark comedy novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, published between 1921 and 1923. The film was produced by Olivier Stockman at Sands Films Studios in London and stars Alfie Stewart, Joe Armstrong, Kevin Brewer, Sean Gilder, Shona McWilliams and Michael Mears. Music was arranged by Michael Sanvoisin and cinematography was by Joachim Bergamin. Schwejk is the story of a First World War soldier and his own unexpected and enduring ways of protesting the irrationality, bungling, pointlessness and criminal absurdity of war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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