The Good Soldier Schweik

The Good Soldier Schweik is a 1926 Czech black-and-white silent era comedy film directed by Karel Lamač, based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk. 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 as Mrs. Müllerová Karel Lamač as Innkeeper Palivec / Lt. Lukáš Jan W. Speerger as Bretschneider Betty Kysilková as Mrs. Palivcová Sequels Schweik at the Front (1926) Schweik in Russian Captivity (1926) Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)