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The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk

1972–1977 · 1 season

A wry, leisurely comedy of a cheerful fool running rings around pompous authority, more amusing than laugh-out-loud.

Created by
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Genres
Comedy, War & politics
Starring
Fritz Muliar, Bibiana Zeller, Marianne Schönauer
Overview
Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk is an Austrian television series. 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. Set during the first world war, it follow Schwejks adventures as a recruit in the Austro-Hungarian army.

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Created by
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Genres
Comedy, War & politics
Starring
Fritz Muliar, Bibiana Zeller, Marianne Schönauer
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • power
  • class
  • survival
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, war & politics
Created by
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by
Eckart Hachfeld
Starring
Fritz Muliar, Bibiana Zeller, Marianne Schönauer, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Erich Auer, Ludwig Hirsch, Gerhard Steffen, Helli Servi
Music
Johannes Martin Dürr
Cinematography
Götz Neumann, Siegfried Hold
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes
Network
ZDF, ORF 1
Country
Austria, Germany
Languages
German

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