Poslusne hlásím

With a Eastern European and 1950's cinema challenges currently taking place on ICM,I decided to cross the two by looking for Czech flicks from the 50's I had waiting for a viewing. Whilst I've not seen the first film in this series,I decided to hand my report in.

View on the film:

One of the few Czech films from this era to be in colour, writer/director Karel Stekly & Jan Roth fittingly give the final film in the series a blustering bright splash, in the crisp uniforms and fading grass on the battlegrounds being chopped down by swish edits. Completing Svejk's war battle, Stekly charges in with extremely grating brash humour, where any satire is run down by the cast obnoxiously shouting each punchline, and each of Svejk comedic face pulls being as irritating for the audience as it is for the soldiers he reports to.