Directed by:
Karel SteklýScreenplay:
Karel SteklýCinematography:
Jan RothComposer:
Jan SeidelCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Svatopluk Beneš, Miloš Nedbal, Jaroslav Marvan, Fanda Mrázek, Jaroslav Vojta, Alois Dvorský, Jana Kovaříková, František Černý (more)Plots(1)
Lieutenant Lukáš travels by train to České Budějovice with his batman Švejk. The kind-hearted but over-talkative Švejk causes a delicate situation when he offends a bald man, in reality the major general. He is told to leave the compartment and accidently pulls on the emergency chord along with the guard. Švejk is thrown off the train at Tábor where the station master is to decide upon his punishment. The compassionate man pays the soldier's fine and also gives him money for another ticket as the train to Budějovice has already left. Švejk, who drinks his way through the money, has to go there on foot. He loses his way and is arrested as a Russian spy in Putim. Meanwhile, Lukáš is assigned another batman, the gluttonous Baloun. Švejk finally arrives at his destination and is given the job of orderly for the march company. The soldiers leave for the front. When they arrive in a small town the unpopular Lieutenant Dub warns the soldiers of the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases but it is he whom Švejk has to collect from the brothel in a totally drunken state. Švejk looks for somewhere for the soldiers to sleep and, by a lake, he finds a Russian uniform left on the bank by a bathing soldier, which he puts on. Only great fortune saves him from punishment by death for high treason. (NFA)
(more)Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Svatopluk Beneš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Miloš Nedbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Jaroslav Marvan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Fanda Mrázek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jaroslav Vojta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Alois Dvorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Jana Kovaříková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Portáši (1947)
František Černý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
František Šlégr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Otto Hradecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Břetislav a Jitka (1974) (TV movie)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jarka Pižla
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
The Lovers of an Old Criminal (1927)
Vladimír Řepa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Arna Pekárková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Přiznání (1950)
Rabbits in the Tall Grass (1961)
Miloš Patočka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Josef Bartůněk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
Václav Trégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Miloš Nesvadba
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Stolen Airship (1966)