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The life of writer Jaroslav Hašek between the years 1914 and 1920 as a comedy. This Soviet-Czechoslovakian coproduction reconstructs the possible scenario of how the war reality contributed to Hašek's book The Good Soldier Švejk and how the writer himself evolved from an anti-Austrian anarchist and bohemian into a deserter to the Bolsheviks and Red-Army commissar. (Summer Film School)
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The Great Journey or How to Propagandize and Abuse Jaroslav Hašek. The film does deserve one star for the strong cast of both well-established giants of Czechoslovak cinema and the talented newcomer Josef Abrhám. However, everything else is highly problematic. It is true that the rebel and leftist Hašek turned to the Bolsheviks and considered serving the Soviet revolution as a natural culmination of his lifelong journey. However, his book "Behind the Lines" is evidence that he did not lose his critical thinking in the slightest, and if he had stayed in Soviet Russia, the Stalinist machinery would have mercilessly crushed him. This is simply an outrageous distortion of the original text, influenced by the time of its creation and serving regime propaganda. The creators cleverly try to exploit the popularity of the two film adaptations of "The Good Soldier Schweik," which were made several years earlier. But where Hrušínský and others were brilliant, here the false tones clearly creep in. Even in terms of dramaturgy, the film is not well executed. My last criticism is that Josef Abrhám does not even remotely resemble Jaroslav Hašek. However, the complete reversal of the literary work's idea is unforgivable. Overall impression: 25%.
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