I Dutifully Report (1958)

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Released:
1958-01-03

Overview:
A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. With the distinctive traditional Czech cartoon character of a soldier Svejk, this time you meet on the way to the front and eventually right in the firing line. You can look at his famous train events, and also probably the most famous episode of the novel, Švejk's Budějovice anabasis. Don't miss the scene with the secretly bought cognac, the episode with Svejk as a fake Russian prisoner of war, including the court scene, and the scene in which lieutenant Dub is caught in a brothel. Despite the criticism, Steklý's adaptation is undoubtedly the most famous and memorable at present.

Director:
Karel Steklý

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Comedy, War

  • Cast:
  • Rudolf Hrušínský
    as
    Josef Švejk
  • Svatopluk Beneš
    as
    nadporučík Jindřich Lukáš
  • Miloš Nedbal
    as
    generálmajor von Schwarzburg
  • Jaroslav Marvan
    as
    strážmistr Flanderka
  • Fanda Mrázek
    as
    závodčí