The Good Soldier Schweik (1926 film)

The Good Soldier Schweik
Directed byKarel Lamač
StarringKarel Noll
Release date
  • 12 February 1926 (1926-02-12)
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The Good Soldier Schweik (Czech: Dobrý voják Švejk) 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.