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Schweik's Awkward Years
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Wikipedia article
'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.Von Dassanowsky p.192 It is based on the novel 'The Good Soldier Schweik' by Jaroslav Hasek.
It was shot at the Rosenhgel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.
Synopsis
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
* Peter Alexander as Josef Schwejk
* Rudolf Prack as Major Ferdinand Hruschkowitz
* Gunther Philipp as Anton Loschek, Profos
* Lotte Ledl as Anna Pospischil, Stubenmdchen
* 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 Grfin 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
Bibliography
* Von Dassanowsky, Robert. 'Austrian Cinema: A History'. McFarland, 2005.
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