---
title: 'The Good Soldier Schweik (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karel Steklý'
released: '1957-08-23'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-good-soldier-schweik-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049147/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Good Soldier Schweik (1957)

1957 · 108 min · Comedy, War · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Dobrý voják Svejk

## Synopsis

The Good Soldier Schweik is a 1956 Czechoslovak anti-war comedy film written and directed by Karel Steklý. It was based on the novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek and was nominated for the 1957 Crystal Globe Awards. It was followed by a 1957 sequel I Dutifully Report.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karel Steklý](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-stekly)
- **Screenplay:** [Karel Steklý](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-stekly), [Jaroslav Hašek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-hasek)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jan Seidel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-seidel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rudolf Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-stahl)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek)

## Cast

- [Stanislav Langer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-langer)
- [Fanda Mrázek](https://cinepixo.com/people/fanda-mrazek)
- [Libuše Bokrová](https://cinepixo.com/people/libuse-bokrova)
- [Felix Felton](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-felton)
- [Rudolf Hrušínský](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-hrusinsky) as Josef Švejk
- [Václav Wasserman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-wasserman)
- [Jiřina Steimarová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-steimarova)
- [John Collin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-collin)
- [Olga Karásková](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-karaskova)
- [Josef Benátský](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-benatsky)
- [Milan Neděla](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-nedela)
- [Vladimír Leraus](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-leraus)
- [Svatopluk Beneš](https://cinepixo.com/people/svatopluk-benes)
- [František Kubíček](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-kubicek)
- [Antonín Soukup](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-soukup)

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