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.
Stars: Jan Werich
Crew: Jiří Trnka (Director), Jaroslav Hašek (Author), Emanuel Franek (Camera Operator), Jiří Trnka (Writer), Jan Werich (Adaptation)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Loutkový film Praha
Runtime: 76 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 04, 1956
IMDb: 3.8
