The good soldier svejk pronounced, also spelled schweik, shveyk or schwejk is the abbreviated title of an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by jaroslav hasek. Popular videos the good soldier schweik the good soldier schweik topic. Josef schwejk ernst stankovski this movie gives an insight of the austrianhungarian monarchy with its many ethnies and attitudes before ww 1. During world war i, schweik played by heinz ruhmann is drafted into the austrohungarian army as soldier, where he is assigned to be an assistent to lt. Schwejk is a bumbling fool he claims to have been discharged from the army on the grounds of. Based on the satirical novel the good soldier svejk by jaroslav hasek it depicts the adventures of a simple czech soldier during world war i the film features heinz ruhmann as the protagonist schweik, and was nominated for the 1962 golden globe awards. Schwejk is a bumbling fool he claims to have been discharged from the army on the grounds of being a certified idiot but manages to outwit his superiors and his arch nemesis, the secret policeman bretschneider with hilarious results. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Hoewel hondenfokker josef schwejk niet helemaal goed bij zijn hoofd is, wordt hij na het begin van wo i toch ingelijfd bij het oostenrijkse leger. Abenteuer des braven soldaten schwejk polar film trailer. Based on the satirical novel the good soldier svejk by jaroslav hasek it depicts the adventures of a simple czech soldier during world war i. Predstavlja adaptaciju znamenitog istoimenog romana jaroslava haseka.