Jaroslav Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk

A false arrest starts Svejk's progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian army.

Christopher Reason 's dramatisation of Jaroslav Hasek 's novel about the comedic anti-war adventures of Czech veteran Josef Svejk. When he seems to celebrate the death of the Archduke Ferdinand , Svejk is arrested and so starts his progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military.

The comedic anti-war adventures of that Czech icon, Josef Svejk. When he seems to celebrate the death of the Archduke Ferdinand, Svejk is arrested and so starts his garrulous progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military. Is he a certified idiot? Or a clever survivor?

A BBC Manchester production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

The comically inept Czech soldier Josef Svejk, rises through the ranks.

Comically inept Czech soldier Josef Svejk rises through the ranks. Anti-war satire starring Sam Kelly and Adrian Lukis.

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When he seems to celebrate the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Svejk is arrested and so starts his progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian army.

Christopher Reason 's dramatisation of Jaroslav Hasek 's novel about the comedic anti-war adventures of Czech veteran Josef Svejk. When he seems to celebrate the death of the Archduke Ferdinand , Svejk is arrested and so starts his progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military. Is he a certified idiot? Or a clever survivor?

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Svejk and Lukas are sent to the front in disgrace, but Svejk gets waylaid.

Svejk and Lukas have been sent to the Front in disgrace, but the good soldier, once discharged as an idiot, ploughs his patient furrow to the killing fields of the First World War. Jaroslav Hasek 's anti-war satire is dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Svejk and Lukas are sent to the front in disgrace, but Svejk gets waylaid by a gallery of grotesques.

Sent to the front in disgrace, will Svejk survive the killing fields of World War I?

Svejk and Lukas have been sent to the Front in disgrace, but the good soldier, once discharged as an idiot, ploughs his patient furrow to the killing fields of the First World War. Jaroslav Hasek 's anti-war satire is dramatised by Christopher Reason. Director Gary Brown

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Svejk and Lukas have been sent to the Front in disgrace. But Svejk gets waylaid by a gallery of grotesques. Nevertheless, the good soldier - once discharged as an idiot - ploughs his patient furrow to the killing fields of the First World War. Will he survive?

The concluding part of this classic anti-war satire highlighting the incompetencies of those 'in charge'......

WWI - Svejk and Lukas have been sent to the Front in disgrace.

Sent to the Front in disgrace, will Svejk ultimately survive the killing fields of the First World War?

Stars Sam Kelly.

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