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-'''Senta Berger''' (born [[May 13]], [[1941]]) is an [[Austria]]n actress and producer, born in [[Vienna]].+'''''The Good Soldier Schweik''''' (German:'''''Der brave Soldat Schwejk''''') is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by [[Axel von Ambesser]]. Based on the satirical novel ''[[The Good Soldier Švejk]]'' by [[Jaroslav Hašek]] it depicts the adventures of a simple Czech soldier during [[World War I|World War I]].
-Berger's parents were not rich, but they tried everything to meet the desires of their daughter. Her father was a musician. Senta first appeared on stage at the age of four, when her father accompanied her singing on the piano. At the age of five she started [[ballet]] lessons, but her dream of a career as a dancer was destroyed when her teacher did not like the physical changes in Senta during [[puberty]].+The film features [[Heinz Rühmann]] as the protagonist Schweik, and was nominated for the 1962 [[Golden Globe Awards]].
-Berger then took private acting lessons. In [[1957]], she won her first small role in a film. She applied for the [[Max Reinhardt (theatre director)|Max Reinhardt]] Seminar, a famous acting school in Vienna, and was accepted. However, shortly afterwards she was forced to leave, because she had accepted a film role without permission. In [[1958]], she became the youngest member of the [[Josefstadt Theatre]] in Vienna. Her ambition was still to be a film actress. +== Plot summary ==
 +The Czech survivalist Schweik (played by [[Heinz Rühmann]]) is a dog trader based in [[Prague]]. He gets charged for [[lèse-majesté]] and is supposed to be jailed, but when the court finds him to be dim-witted, he is instead committed to a mental asylum. There, the doctors examine his physical and mental status. When one of the physicians accuses Schweik of being a simulator, Schweik assures him that he is an officially approved imbecile.
-More and more directors and producers wanted to work with her, for example [[Bernhard Wicki]] and [[Arthur Brauner]], who produced the film ''[[The Good Soldier Svejk|The Good Soldier Schweijk]]'' with Berger and the [[Germany|German]] actor [[Heinz Rühmann]]. Brauner used Senta Berger in several films, but she soon tired of [[musical film|musicals]]. In [[1962]], she went to [[Hollywood]] and worked with stars such as [[Charlton Heston]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Richard Widmark]], [[John Wayne]], and [[Yul Brynner]]. She returned to Germany to accept an offer for a series role, which would have brought an obligation of several years.+When [[World War I]] breaks out in 1914, Schweik is drafted into the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] as a common soldier. Because he suffers from [[rheumatism]], he is detached as a servant for Lieutenant Lukas (Ernst Stankovski). The latter is busy not getting transferred to the front line, so he can spend his time with gambling and with beautiful ladies. When Lukas loses his entire money and even his servant Schweik to a colonel in a game of cards, Schweik buys himself free with his own money and returns to Lukas.
-In [[1963]], Berger met [[Michael Verhoeven]], son of the German film director [[Paul Verhoeven (German film director)|Paul Verhoeven]] (not the Dutch [[Paul Verhoeven]]). They started their own film production company in [[1965]]. In [[1966]], Senta and Michael married. In [[1970]], she starred for the first time in a film produced by her own company and directed by her husband. Other internationally successful films made by the duo included, amongst others, ''[[Die Weiße Rose (film)|Die weiße Rose]]'', ''The Terrible Girl'' (''Das schreckliche Mädchen'') and ''Mutters Courage''. Berger continued to develop her European career in [[France]] and [[Italy]].+One day, Schweik acquires a [[terrier]]. Lukas is delighted, even though his cat gets mauled by the dog. When Lukas goes for a walk with the terrier and with a girl named Gretl ([[Senta Berger]]), they meet his commanding officer who is the dog's proper owner. Accused of theft, Lukas is transferred to [[České Budějovice]]. When he and Schweik are on their way to České Budějovice by train, Schweik pulls the emergency brake. Unable to pay the fine for misuse of the brake, Schweik has to leave the train at the next station and continues his journey on foot. He is then arrested as a [[deserter]] and is even thought to be a Russian spy. But because of his naivety and clumsiness he is soon released.
-In 1966, Berger co-starred with [[Kirk Douglas]] in the movie ''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]''. Berger played the role of Magda, a soldier in the army of [[Israel]] during the [[Israeli War of Independence]] (1948). Some say that this role was Berger's greatest movie role.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}+Thereafter, Schweik wants to resume his service with Lieutenant Lukas, but the latter has already got a new servant. Schweik, however, is tasked with delivering a letter to Lukas' lover. Shortly before delivering the letter, Schweik encounters his old friend Woditschka ([[Franz Muxeneder]]) and they get drunk together. In the evening, Schweik wants to finally get rid of the letter, but now the lady's husband has returned. In order to protect Lukas, Schweik pretends that he wrote the love letter himself.
- +
-The birth of her two sons caused Senta to turn back to theatre work. She successfully played at the [[Burgtheater]] in Vienna, at the [[Thaliatheater]] in [[Hamburg]] and at the [[Schillertheater]] in [[Berlin]]. Between [[1974]] and [[1982]], she played the “Buhlschaft” in the play ''Jedermannn'' at the Salzburg Festival with [[Curd Jürgens]] and [[Maximilian Schell]]. One of her greatest movie roles of the period was co-starring with Schell and [[James Coburn]] and in the acclaimed war movie ''[[Cross of Iron]]'' (1977). In 1985−86, Berger started a comeback in front of German-speaking audiences in the very popular TV serial ''[[Kir Royal]]''. Afterwards further serial hits followed, like ''The Fast Gerti'', where she plays a taxi driver. +
-In the same year, she also started a career as a singer of [[Chanson]]s. [[2005]] saw her in a beautiful and sad film, ''Einmal so wie ich will'', as a woman trapped in an [[unhappy marriage]] who finds but turns her back on love when on holiday.+Eventually, Lukas and Schweik are transferred to the Russian front. While being under hostile fire on the battlefield, Schweik finds a four-leaf clover and gives it to Lukas as a talisman. Shortly after though, Lukas is mortally wounded, and gets carried off the battlefield by Schweik. Schweik hides in a corn field and comes across a Russian soldier. They become friends and swap their uniforms. Schweik is then arrested by an Austrian patrol who consider him to be a Russian. He is charged with [[desertion]] and [[defection]] and is convicted to [[death by firing squad]]. However, just when he is to be executed, the war ends and Schweik is released. He returns home and meets Woditschka in his favourite pub. So, despite of the grand political scheme of the war, in the end, nothing has changed for Schweik.
-Since February [[2003]], Senta Berger has been president of the [[German Film Academy]], which seeks to advance the new generation of actors and actresses in Germany and Europe. The Academy will decide the assignment of the German Film Awards in the future.+== Cast ==
- +*[[Heinz Rühmann]] as Schwejk
-In the spring of [[2006]], her [[autobiography]] was published in [[Germany]]: ''Ich habe ja gewußt, daß ich fliegen kann'' ("''I Knew That I Could Fly''"). Among her memories of Hollywood are a less-than-subtle attempt by [[Darryl Zanuck]] to get her on his [[casting couch]], and being called "You German pig" on her first day on the set of [[Major Dundee]] by a [[gaffer (motion picture industry)|gaffer]] whose wife had lost her family in [[Auschwitz]].+*[[Ernst Stankovski]] as Oberleutnant Lukas
- +*[[Franz Muxeneder]] as Woditschka
-==Selected filmography==+*[[Ursula von Borsody]] as Kathi
-{| class="wikitable sortable"+*[[Erika von Thellmann]] as Baronin
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-! Year+*[[Jane Tilden]] as Housemaid
-! Film+*[[Rudolf Rhomberg]]
-! Role+*[[Fritz Eckhardt]] as Wendler
-! Director+*[[Hugo Gottschlich]] as Wachtmeister Flanderka
-! class="unsortable" | Notes+*[[Michael Janisch (actor)|Michael Janisch]]
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-| 1959+*[[Hans Unterkircher]]
-| ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]'' +*[[Erik Frey]]
-| Serving Girl in Black Scarf +*[[Erland Erlandsen]]
-| [[Anatole Litvak]]+*[[Egon von Jordan]]
-| +*[[Hans Thimig]]
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-| 1960+*[[Edith Elmay]]
-| ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik (1960 film)|The Good Soldier Schweik]]'' +*[[Alma Seidler]]
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-| ''{{ill|de|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (Film)|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein}}'' +
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-| Two films ([[:de:Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein|Part 2]])+
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-| 1961+
-| ''{{ill|de|Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer}}'' +
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-| [[Mel Stuart]]+
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-| ''[[Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence]]'' +
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-| 1970+
-| ''{{ill|it|Cuori solitari|Cuori solitari (film)|Cuori solitari}}'' +
-| Giovanna+
-| [[Franco Giraldi]]+
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-| 1970+
-| ''[[When Women Had Tails]]'' +
-| Filli +
-| [[Pasquale Festa Campanile]]+
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-| 1971+
-| ''[[He Who Loves in a Glass House]]'' +
-| Hanna+
-| [[Michael Verhoeven]]+
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-| ''{{ill|fr|Le Saut de l'ange}}'' +
-| Sylvaine Orsini+
-| [[Yves Boisset]]+
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-| 1971+
-| ''[[Roma Bene]]'' +
-| Princess Dedé Marescalli+
-| [[Carlo Lizzani]]+
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-| 1971+
-| ''[[Lover of the Great Bear]]'' +
-| Fela+
-| [[Valentino Orsini]]+
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-| 1972+
-| ''{{ill|de|Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass}}'' +
-| Ruth Halbfass+
-| [[Volker Schlöndorff]]+
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-| 1973+
-| ''{{ill|de|Reigen (1973)|Reigen (1973)|Reigen}}'' +
-| The wife+
-| [[Otto Schenk]]+
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-| 1973+
-| ''[[The Scarlet Letter (1973 film)|The Scarlet Letter]]'' +
-| [[Hester Prynne]] +
-| [[Wim Wenders]]+
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-| 1973+
-| ''[[Hospitals: The White Mafia]]'' +
-| Suor Maria +
-| [[Luigi Zampa]]+
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-| 1973+
-| ''[[Amore e ginnastica]]'' +
-| Maria Pedani+
-| [[Luigi Filippo D'Amico]]+
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-| 1974+
-| ''[[Puzzle (1974 film)|Puzzle]]'' +
-| Sara Grimaldi+
-| [[Duccio Tessari]]+
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-| 1974+
-| ''[[La bellissima estate]]'' +
-| Manuela+
-| [[Sergio Martino]]+
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-| 1976+
-| ''{{ill|de|MitGift}}''+
-| Alice Burgmann+
-| [[Michael Verhoeven]]+
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-| 1976+
-| ''[[The Swiss Conspiracy]]''+
-| Denise Abbott+
-| [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]]+
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-| 1976+
-| ''[[Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen]]''+
-| Signora Palese+
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-| [[Anthology film]]+
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-| 1977+
-| ''Das Chinesische Wunder'' +
-| Detta Gaspardi+
-| [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]]+
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-| 1977+
-| ''[[Cross of Iron]]'' +
-| Eva +
-| [[Sam Peckinpah]]+
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-| 1978+
-| ''[[Ritratto di borghesia in nero]]'' +
-| Carla Richter+
-| [[Tonino Cervi]]+
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-| 1985+
-| ''[[Fatto su misura]]'' +
-| Signora Schwartz+
-| {{ill|it|Francesco Laudadio}}+
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-| 1985+
-| ''[[The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal]]'' +
-| Clara+
-| [[Mario Monicelli]]+
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-| 1986+
-| ''{{ill|de|Killing Cars (1986 film)|Killing Cars|Killing Cars}}''+
-| Marie Landauer+
-| [[Michael Verhoeven]]+
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-| 1990+
-| ''[[Tre colonne in cronaca]]'' +
-| Countess Odessa Bonaveri+
-| [[Carlo Vanzina]]+
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-| 1998+
-| ''{{ill|de|Bin ich schön?}}''+
-| Unna+
-| [[Doris Dörrie]]+
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-| 2009+
-| ''Ob ihr wollt oder nicht!''+
-| Dorothea+
-| [[Ben Verbong]]+
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-| 2010+
-| ''{{ill|de|Satte Farben vor Schwarz}}''+
-| Anita+
-| {{ill|de|Sophie Heldman}}+
-| +
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-| 2012+
-| ''{{ill|de|Zettl|Zettl (Film)|Zettl}}''+
-| Mona Mödlinger+
-| [[Helmut Dietl]]+
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-| 2012+
-| ''{{ill|de|Ruhm (Film)|Ruhm (Film)|Ruhm}}''+
-| Rosalie+
-| {{ill|de|Isabel Kleefeld}}+
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-| 1963+
-| ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]] : {{ill|de|The Waltz King (Disney)|Liebe im 3/4-Takt|The Waltz King}}'' +
-| Henriette Treffz+
-| +
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-| 1964+
-| ''[[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]] : The Double Affair'' +
-| Serena+
-| (TV series, 1 episode)+
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-| 1968+
-| ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]] : A Thief Is a Thief'' +
-| Claire Vickers+
-| (TV series, 1 episode)+
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-| 1968+
-| ''Istanbul Express'' +
-| Mila Darvos+
-| +
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-| 1968+
-| ''{{ill|de|Babeck}}''+
-| Susanne Stefan+
-| (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)+
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-| 1969+
-| ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]] : Flowers from Alexander'' +
-| Claire Vickers/Laurie James+
-| (TV series, 1 episode)+
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-| 1986+
-| ''[[Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters]]''+
-| Mona+
-| (TV series, 6 episodes)+
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-| 1989+
-| ''[[Die schnelle Gerdi]]''+
-| Gerdi+
-| (TV series, 6 episodes)+
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-| 1990+
-| ''La belle Anglaise'' +
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-| (TV series, 1 episode)+
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-| 1992+
-| ''Sie und Er'' +
-| Charlotte+
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-| 1992+
-| ''Lilli Lottofee'' +
-| Lilli+
-| (TV series, 6 episodes)+
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-| 1994+
-| ''Gefangene Liebe '' +
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-| ''Ärzte : Dr. Schwarz und Dr. Martin''+
-| Dr. Margarethe Martin+
-| (TV series, 8 episodes)+
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-| ''Die Nacht der Nächte''+
-| Teresa +
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-| 1995 +
-| ''Kommissar Rex'' +
-| Karla Wilke +
-| (TV series, 1 episode)+
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-| 1996+
-| ''Mein Sohn ist kein Mörder!'' +
-| Sarah Renzi+
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-| 1997 +
-| ''Kap der Rache'' +
-| Lilian +
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-| 1997 +
-| ''{{ill|de|Lamorte|Lamorte (Film)|Lamorte}}''+
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-| 1997 +
-| ''Bella Ciao''+
-| Teresa+
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-| 1998+
-| ''Mammamia''+
-| Clara+
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-| 1999+
-| ''Liebe und weitere Katastrophen''+
-| Franziska Ackermann +
-| (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)+
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-| 1999+
-| ''Rosamunde Pilcher: [[Nancherrow]]''+
-| Alex Gower +
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-| 1999+
-| ''{{ill|de|Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders}}''+
-| Marie Mechlenburg +
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-| 2000+
-| ''Zimmer mit Frühstück''+
-| Elisabeth+
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-| 2000+
-| ''Trennungsfieber''+
-| Dr. Carla Severin-Bauer +
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-| 2000+
-| ''{{ill|de|Scharf aufs Leben}}''+
-| Solveigh Kronberg +
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-| 2000+
-| ''Probieren Sie's mit einem Jüngeren''+
-| Anna+
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-| 2002–2014+
-| ''[[Unter Verdacht (TV series)|Unter Verdacht]]''+
-| Dr. Eva-Maria Prohacek+
-| (TV series, 22 episodes)+
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-| 2002+
-| ''Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet''+
-| Edith Mosbach +
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-| 2004+
-| ''Die schnelle Gerdi und die Hauptstadt''+
-| Gerdi+
-| (TV series, 6 episodes)+
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-| 2004+
-| ''{{ill|de|Die Konferenz}}''+
-| Cornelia Cordes +
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-| ''{{ill|de|Einmal so wie ich will}}''+
-| Emma Bauer +
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-| 2005+
-| ''Emilia – Die zweite Chance''+
-| Dr. Emilia Seiler +
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-| ''Emilia – Familienbande''+
-| Dr. Emilia Seiler +
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-| ''{{ill|de|Nette Nachbarn küsst man nicht}}''+
-| Helga Forstmann +
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-| ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Four Seasons''+
-| Julia Combe +
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-| ''Liebe am Fjord: Das Ende der Eiszeit''+
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-| Luisa Hamilton +
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-| Rita +
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The Good Soldier Schweik (German:Der brave Soldat Schwejk) is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Axel von Ambesser. Based on the satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek it depicts the adventures of a simple Czech soldier during World War I.

The film features Heinz Rühmann as the protagonist Schweik, and was nominated for the 1962 Golden Globe Awards.

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Plot summary

The Czech survivalist Schweik (played by Heinz Rühmann) is a dog trader based in Prague. He gets charged for lèse-majesté and is supposed to be jailed, but when the court finds him to be dim-witted, he is instead committed to a mental asylum. There, the doctors examine his physical and mental status. When one of the physicians accuses Schweik of being a simulator, Schweik assures him that he is an officially approved imbecile.

When World War I breaks out in 1914, Schweik is drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army as a common soldier. Because he suffers from rheumatism, he is detached as a servant for Lieutenant Lukas (Ernst Stankovski). The latter is busy not getting transferred to the front line, so he can spend his time with gambling and with beautiful ladies. When Lukas loses his entire money and even his servant Schweik to a colonel in a game of cards, Schweik buys himself free with his own money and returns to Lukas.

One day, Schweik acquires a terrier. Lukas is delighted, even though his cat gets mauled by the dog. When Lukas goes for a walk with the terrier and with a girl named Gretl (Senta Berger), they meet his commanding officer who is the dog's proper owner. Accused of theft, Lukas is transferred to České Budějovice. When he and Schweik are on their way to České Budějovice by train, Schweik pulls the emergency brake. Unable to pay the fine for misuse of the brake, Schweik has to leave the train at the next station and continues his journey on foot. He is then arrested as a deserter and is even thought to be a Russian spy. But because of his naivety and clumsiness he is soon released.

Thereafter, Schweik wants to resume his service with Lieutenant Lukas, but the latter has already got a new servant. Schweik, however, is tasked with delivering a letter to Lukas' lover. Shortly before delivering the letter, Schweik encounters his old friend Woditschka (Franz Muxeneder) and they get drunk together. In the evening, Schweik wants to finally get rid of the letter, but now the lady's husband has returned. In order to protect Lukas, Schweik pretends that he wrote the love letter himself.

Eventually, Lukas and Schweik are transferred to the Russian front. While being under hostile fire on the battlefield, Schweik finds a four-leaf clover and gives it to Lukas as a talisman. Shortly after though, Lukas is mortally wounded, and gets carried off the battlefield by Schweik. Schweik hides in a corn field and comes across a Russian soldier. They become friends and swap their uniforms. Schweik is then arrested by an Austrian patrol who consider him to be a Russian. He is charged with desertion and defection and is convicted to death by firing squad. However, just when he is to be executed, the war ends and Schweik is released. He returns home and meets Woditschka in his favourite pub. So, despite of the grand political scheme of the war, in the end, nothing has changed for Schweik.

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