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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release1972

Seasons1

Episodes13

StatusEnded

Networks

ZDF

ORF 1

Production

Telefilm AG

Neue Thalia-Film

TV-60

TV Show

The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk

7.2

1972

Comedy

War & Politics

Synopsis

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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