A Great Road Ahead

1h 40min

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.

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Mosfilm

Cast

Josef Abrhám

Josef Abrhám

Jaroslav Hašek
Aleksandr Kutepov

Aleksandr Kutepov

Yakov Sverdlov
Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

brigade commander
František Hanus

František Hanus

police inspector
Karel Effa

Karel Effa

archduke
Míla Myslíková

Míla Myslíková

archduke's wife
Mykola Yakovchenko

Mykola Yakovchenko

peasant on a cart
Mikhail Vasilyev

Mikhail Vasilyev

red-haired soldier
Yakov Lents

Yakov Lents

old intelligent
Fyodor Gladkov

Fyodor Gladkov

Hašek's colleague
Josef Steigl

Josef Steigl

porter in a hotel (uncredited)
Vitaly Belyakov

Vitaly Belyakov

soldier with a harmonica (uncredited)
Mykola Talyura

Mykola Talyura

Hašek's colleague (uncredited)
Zdeněk Týle

Zdeněk Týle

pub visitor (uncredited)
Vladimir Klimentyev

Vladimir Klimentyev

soldier-observer (uncredited)
Nikita Kondratyev

Nikita Kondratyev

english general (uncredited)
Grigoriy Teslya

Grigoriy Teslya

baker (uncredited)
Vladimir Dorofeyev

Vladimir Dorofeyev

Sverdlov's assistant (uncredited)

Release date

27th Apr 1963

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский