7.1
The Good Soldier Svejk
AnimationComedy
Duration
1h 16mRelease
4 Oct 1956Country
XC
Language
CzechOverview
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.
Plot
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...
Cast
Jan Werich
Ratings
Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
Details
Director
Jirí Trnka
Writers
Jaroslav HasekJirí TrnkaJan Werich
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