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The Good Soldier Švejk
Director:
Karel Steklý
Genres:
Comedy, War
Actors:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Svatopluk Beneš, Eva Svobodová...
Release:
1956
Duration:
108min
Origin:
CZ, SK
Story:
Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk 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.