The Good Soldier Schweik

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production year

1931

Premiere

13 January 1932

Runtime

87 min

Director

Martin Frič

Genre

anti-war, comedy, satire

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Dobrý voják Švejk

Czech title

Dobrý voják Švejk

English title

The Good Soldier Schweik

English parallel title

The Good Soldier Švejk

Synopsis

Military medical officer Katz loses his batman Josef Švejk in a game of cards. Švejk steals a dog to please his new superior, first lieutenant Lukáš. Out walking with his new dog, Lukáš meets colonel Kraus who is enraged to discover that Lukáš is walking his (Kraus's) dog. As a punishment Lukáš is attached to a square-bashing company in České Budějovice. Švejk accompanies Lukáš. On the train he insults a general who is travelling in civilian clothes, then he stops the train by inadvertently pulling the emergency cord. As a result, he is interrogated in Tábor. The interrogation means he misses his train and has to walk to České Budějovice. During exercises, one unit refuses to obey an order and is therefore sent to the front. Lukáš and Švejk go with the unit.

Note

Since some of the original negatives did not survive, missing scenes were replaced in the 1950s with explanatory inter-titles. This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the same title (Dir: Karel Lamač, 1926).

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Crew and creators

Director

Martin Frič

Based on

Jaroslav Hašek (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války – román)

Music

Music Composed by

Jára Beneš

Songs

Poslušně hlásím

Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Saša RašilovR. A. Dvorskýmužský sbor

Každý má ňákou chorobu

Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Václav Mírovský
Singer Hugo Haas

Na světě je bůhví kolik cest

Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Václav Špilar
Singer Jarmila Vacková

V Bavorsku žijí Bavoři

Production info

Original Title

Dobrý voják Švejk

Czech Title

Dobrý voják Švejk

English Title

The Good Soldier Schweik

English Parallel Title

The Good Soldier Švejk

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

anti-war, comedy, satire

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production Year

1931

Production specifications

date of censorship 12/1931

Premiere

premiere 13 January 1932 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /2 týdny/, Fénix /2 týdny/ a Hvězda /2 týdny/, Praha)

Production

Gloriafilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

AB Vinohrady

Sales

Národní filmový archiv, Obchodní oddělení

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

87 min

Original length in metres

2 479 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

The Good Soldier Schweik

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Poslušně hlásím

Každý má ňákou chorobu

Na světě je bůhví kolik cest

V Bavorsku žijí Bavoři

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