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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)
(more)Cast
![Lloyd Pearson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525839_6ec32d.jpg)
Lloyd Pearson
UK
Best movies:
The Angry Silence (1960)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Under Capricorn (1949)
![Richard Attenborough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269536_c92229.jpg)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
![Jan Masaryk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/779/157779011_bf0d7a.jpg)
Jan Masaryk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Schweik's New Adventures (1943)
Leslie Dwyer
UK
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Act of Love (1953)
![Eliot Makeham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/648/161648031_4bf758.jpg)
Eliot Makeham
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
The Citadel (1938)
Scrooge (1951)
![John Slater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025477_33a33e.jpg)
John Slater
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Schweik's New Adventures (1943)
Hay Petrie
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
![George Carney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525884_b26e77.jpg)
George Carney
UK
Best movies:
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Convoy (1940)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Muriel George
UK
Best movies:
Went the Day Well? (1942)
21 Days (1940)
Schweik's New Adventures (1943)
![Dennis Wyndham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/560/161560682_95f213.jpg)
Dennis Wyndham
South Africa
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Maggie Rennie
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)