1926 film
The Good Soldier Schweik |
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Directed by | Karel Lamač |
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Starring | Karel Noll |
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Release date |
- 12 February 1926 (1926-02-12)
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Country | Czechoslovakia |
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Language | Czech |
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The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1926 Czech black-and-white silent era comedy film directed by Karel Lamač,[1] based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk. The first of the Czech films starring Karel Noll, as the Good Soldier Švejk. Of these, it was the most closely based on the original, unfinished novel. Subsequent films continued the original story.
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Sequels
A 76-minute cut of the first 3 films edited by Martin Frič, was released as The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk in 1930.[5]
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