UK,
1943, 84 min
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There are at least two ways in which Karel Lamač's British "Švejk" is really unique. First, it celebrates the Czech resistance fight using the combination of the Czech tradition of episodic storytelling and British spy-film genre formulas. And second, using this fresh perspective he "updates" the plot of Jaroslav Hašek's classic book. (Summer Film School)
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