THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK (1956)

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The Good Soldier Schweik
Comedy, Animation
October 4, 1956
Czech
1h 16m
Loutkový film Praha
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.
Cast & Characters
Jan Werich
Narrator
Crew
Jiří Trnka
Director
Jiří Trnka
Writer