1956
7.2 (9 votes)
1h 16m
Genres
Comedy
Animation
Production Companies
Loutkový film Praha
The Good Soldier Schweik (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jiří Trnka
Writer: Jiří Trnka
