Dobrý voják Svejk

Aug 19 1954 N/A 1h 16m
Animation, Comedy

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 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.

Written by

Jaroslav Hasek, Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich

Directed by

Jirí Trnka

Cast

Jan Werich

Crew

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Production Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production Companies

Loutkový film Praha

Languages

Ceský

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
204
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA