The Good Soldier Schweik
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1931Production year
1931Premiere
13 January 1932Runtime
87 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
anti-war, comedy, satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dobrý voják ŠvejkCzech title
Dobrý voják ŠvejkEnglish title
The Good Soldier SchweikEnglish parallel title
The Good Soldier ŠvejkSynopsis
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 (1926; directed by Karel Lamač).
Photos
Cast
Saša Rašilov
Josef Švejk
Oskar Marion
nadporučík Karel Lukáš
Jan Richter
hostinský Palivec
Hugo Haas
vrchní štábní lékař MUDr. Katz
Antonie Nedošinská
Müllerová, Švejkova bytná
Josef Rovenský
MUDr. Grünstein/čtenář novin/voják
Jaroslav Marvan
plukovník Kraus
Jarmila Vacková
plukovníkova dcera Irena Krausová
Alexander Třebovský
tajný Bretschneider
Eman Fiala
sebevrah
Milka Balek-Brodská
baronka von Botzenheim
Eduard Šlégl
komorník paní baronky
Felix Kühne
nemocniční lékař
Theodor Pištěk
jednoročák Marek
Mario Karas
host v lóži paní baronky
Karel Schleichert
host v lóži paní baronky
Anna Fričová
host v lóži paní baronky
Ludvík Hradský
důstojník na plese
Emil Dlesk
vojenský sluha
Jan W. Speerger
důstojník u karet
R. A. Dvorský
zpívající vojín u karet v kuchyni
Přemysl Pražský
komisař
Václav Wasserman
muž s deštníkem
Ada Karlovský
důstojník u karet
F. X. Mlejnek
tajný
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
praporčík
Ferdinand Jarkovský
host v hospodě
Josef Příhoda
voják
Josef Zora
psychiatr
Alois Dvorský
psychiatr
Antonín Frič
ošetřovatel
František Malý
blázen
Josef Rajský
blázen
František Mádl
blázen
Jaroslav Průcha
blázen
Karel Pečke
dirigent
Stanislav Sedláček
důstojník
Emanuel Trojan
voják na marodce
Josef Oliak
hejtman Šnábl
Josef Kobík
železničář
Roza Schlesingerová
paní s psíkem
Karel Němec
strážník
Jindřich Adolf
eskortující vojín
František Jerhot
vojín v marškumpanii
Ada Dohnal
host v baru
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jaroslav Hašek (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Poslušně hlásím (pochod)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Saša RašilovR. A. Dvorskýmužský sbor
Každý má ňákou chorobu /Jen trochu jódu/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Hugo Haas
Na světě je bůhví kolik cest /Je ze sta jedna cesta/ (valčík)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Václav MírovskýVáclav 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
Category
film
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
Copyright Holders
Studio
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
