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The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

7.7 | Aug 23, 1957 (XC) | Comedy, War | 01:48

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.

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Rudolf Hrušínský
Josef Švejk
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Eva Svobodová
Müllerová
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František Filipovský
agent Bretschneider
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Miloš Kopecký
feldkurát Katz
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Svatopluk Beneš
nadporučík Lukáš
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Božena Havlíčková
Katy Wendlerová
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Felix le Breux
policejní rada
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Libuše Bokrová
baronka von Botzenheimová

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