Schweik's Awkward Years or Schweik's Years of Indiscretion (German: Schwejk's Flegeljahre) is a 1964 Austrian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Peter Alexander, Rudolf Prack and Gunther Philipp.[1] It is based on the novel The Good Soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek.
| Schweik's Awkward Years | |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Written by | Géza von Cziffra Heinz Pauck |
| Based on | The Good Soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek |
| Produced by | Herbert Gruber Karl Schwetter |
| Starring | Peter Alexander Rudolf Prack Gunther Philipp |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by | Arnfried Heyne |
| Music by | Johannes Fehring |
Production companies | Herbert Gruber Produktion Sascha Film |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 16 January 1964 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.
Synopsis edit
Shortly before the First World War, the son of a Prague butcher is called up for military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army of Emperor Franz Joseph, proving to be a very incompetent recruit.
Cast edit
- Peter Alexander as Josef Schwejk
- Rudolf Prack as Major Ferdinand Hruschkowitz
- Gunther Philipp as Anton Loschek, Profos
- Lotte Ledl as Anna Pospischil, Stubenmädchen
- Hannelore Auer as Helene Hruschkowitz
- Susi Nicoletti as Amanda Hruschkowitz
- Erwin Strahl as Oberleutnant Gustl Wiedenstein
- Rolf Kutschera as Hauptmann Pokorny
- Oskar Wegrostek as Frantisek Schwejk
- Franz Muxeneder as Feldwebel Kotorek
- Hans Unterkircher as General
- Inge Toifl as Gräfin Timburg
- Karl Hruschka as Kratochwill, Postbote
- Hugo Gottschlich as Ververka, 2. Profos
- Dany Sigel as Hannelore Pivonka
- Walter Regelsberger as Oberleutnant Fiala
- Hans Habietinek as Mtula, Rechnungsfeldwebel
- Raoul Retzer as Stabsarzt
- Erna Schickl as Roserl
References edit
- ^ Von Dassanowsky p.192
Bibliography edit
- Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
External links edit
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