The Good Soldier Schweik (1926 film)

For other uses, see The Good Soldier Švejk (disambiguation).

The Good Soldier Schweik
Directed by	Karel Lamač
Starring	Karel Noll
Release date	12 February 1926 (1926-02-12)
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1926 Czech black-and-white silent era comedy film directed by Karel Lamač,[1] based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk. The first of the Czech films starring Karel Noll, as the Good Soldier Švejk. Of these, it was the most closely based on the original, unfinished novel. Subsequent films continued the original story.

Cast

• Karel Noll as Josef Švejk
• Antonie Nedošinská as Mrs. Müllerová
• Karel Lamač as Innkeeper Palivec / Lt. Lukáš
• Jan W. Speerger as Bretschneider
• Betty Kysilková as Mrs. Palivcová

Sequels

• Schweik at the Front (1926) [2]
• Schweik in Russian Captivity (1926) [3]
• Schweik in Civilian Life (1927) [4]

A 76-minute cut of the first 3 films edited by Martin Frič, was released as The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk in 1930.[5]

References

1. "Dobrý voják Švejk". csfd.cz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Švejk na frontě"
3. "Švejk v ruském zajetí"
4. "Švejk v civilu"
5. "Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka"

External links

• Dobrý voják Svejk at IMDb