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The Good Soldier Schweik

72 %|Oct 4, 1956|Comedy, Animation

Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka one of his biggest creative challenges. Trnka himself felt that the final episode was the most artistically successful, but there's much to enjoy in all three, not least the way that the lackadaisical layabout Svejk's own self-serving anecdotes are realized through cut-out animation.

Featured Crew

Jiří Trnka
Director
Jaroslav Hašek
Author
Emanuel Franek
Camera Operator
Jan Werich
Adaptation
Jiří Trnka
Writer

Cast

actor
Jan Werich
Narrator