Directed by:
Karel SteklýScreenplay:
Karel SteklýCinematography:
Rudolf Stahl ml.Composer:
Jan SeidelCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová, Josef Hlinomaz, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký, Svatopluk Beneš, Božena Havlíčková, Felix le Breux, Libuše Bokrová (more)Plots(1)
The dog dealer Švejk is informed by his landlady Mrs Müllerová that the Archduke Ferdinand has been shot. Tormented by rheumathism, Švejk still goes to the 'At the Chalice' pub. The secret police agent Bretschneider provokes him to speak about politics and gets Švejk and the owner of the pub Palivec arrested for high treason. After a police interrogation and an examination by a board of psychiatrists, Švejk is freed for patent idiocy. Despite constant pains in his legs, Švejk decides to join the army and arrives to sign up in a wheel-chair. He finds himself together with other 'hypochondriacs' in the army hospital. In the soldiers' chapel, he is the only one who is brought to tears by the sermon of the completely drunk Army Chaplain Katz, who takes him on as his batman. Švejk works for him devotedly, but Katz loses him in a game of cards with the Lieutenant Lukáš. Once again, Švejk is working himself to death - he saves the lieutenant from his pestering mistress and even steals a dog for him. Unfortunately, the owner of the dog is the Colonel, who makes sure that Lukáš is moved to České Budějovice for punishment, where the battalions are being formed and sent to the front. Švejk is already rejoicing in the prospect of them both dying for the Emperor and his Family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ladislav Krečmer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Ear (1970)
![František Kubíček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276232_aaefb3.jpg)
František Kubíček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Václav Kyzlink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/457/165457886_fbdb7d.jpg)
Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
![Otto Lackovič](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268646_e080c4.jpg)
Otto Lackovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
![Stanislav Langer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274322_ff0f91.jpg)
Stanislav Langer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
![Vladimír Majer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269822_6d7e98.jpg)
Vladimír Majer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Lumberjack (1922)
The Sins of Love (1929)
![František Marek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274549_a4b4a2.jpg)
František Marek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
![Zdeněk Martínek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268639_17f382.jpg)
Zdeněk Martínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Golden Eels (1979) (TV movie)
![Milan Neděla](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268610_6f7774.jpg)
Milan Neděla
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
![Miloš Patočka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274253_1630ea.jpg)
Miloš Patočka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Jan Petřík
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Jaroslav Radimecký](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274948_136c77.jpg)
Jaroslav Radimecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Private Torment (1967)
![Marcela Sedláčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275709_f78ad1.jpg)
Marcela Sedláčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Jan Skopeček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268140_089026.jpg)
Jan Skopeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Theodor Strejcius
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Václav Švec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275673_1b756f.jpg)
Václav Švec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Míla Vojta
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Richard Záhorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274367_a77c0b.jpg)
Richard Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Assassination (1964)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Stella Zázvorková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268228_852731.jpg)
Stella Zázvorková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Žák
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)