''The Good Soldier Schweik'' ( cs, Dobrý voják Švejk) is a 1926 Czech black-and-white silent era comedy film directed by

Karel Lamač Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Life Lam ...

, based on

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inc ...

's novel

The Good Soldier Švejk ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' () is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921–1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who pretends to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungar ...

. 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.

Cast

* Karel Noll as Josef Švejk *

Antonie Nedošinská Antonie Nedošinská (26 June 1885 – 17 July 1950) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1916 and 1947. Selected filmography * ''The Lantern'' (1925) * '' Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní'' (1926) * ...

as Mrs. Müllerová *

as Innkeeper Palivec / Lt. Lukáš * Jan W. Speerger as Bretschneider *

Betty Kysilková Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Bea ...

as Mrs. Palivcová

Sequels

* '' Schweik at the Front'' (1926) * '' Schweik in Russian Captivity'' (1926) * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) A 76-minute cut of the first 3 films edited by

Martin Frič Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films. Throughout his life, F ...

, was released as The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk in 1930."Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka"
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References

External links

* 1920s Czech-language films Czechoslovak black-and-white films The Good Soldier Švejk Films based on Czech novels Films based on works by Jaroslav Hašek 1926 films Czech silent films Czech World War I films {{1920s-CzechRepublic-film-stub