A Great Road Ahead (1963)

Drama
War
Comedy

About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Hašek enters the Red Army and, as a commissar of the international brigade, goes the military way from Samara to Irkutsk.

Cast

Jaroslav Hašek
police inspector
archduke
archduke's wife
peasant on a cart
red-haired soldier
old intelligent
Hašek's colleague
porter in a hotel (uncredited)
soldier with a harmonica (uncredited)
Hašek's colleague (uncredited)
pub visitor (uncredited)
soldier-observer (uncredited)
english general (uncredited)
baker (uncredited)
Sverdlov's assistant (uncredited)
Yakov Sverdlov
brigade commander

Crew

Director
Production Design
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
First Assistant Director
Production Manager
Screenplay