The Good Soldier Schweik

The Good Soldier Schweik 1956 Directed by Jiří Trnka Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka

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.

Country Czechoslovakia

Production Country Czechoslovakia

Language Czech

Spoken Language Czech

Gneres Animation , Comedy

Production Company Loutkový film Praha

Release Date 4 October 1956

76 mins