Schweik's New Adventures

1943 film by Karel Lamač

  • 18 October 1943 (1943-10-18)
Running time
84 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Schweik's New Adventures is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Lloyd Pearson, Maggie Rennie, Richard Attenborough and Julien Mitchell.[1] [2] It is also known by the alternative title It Started at Midnight. It was adapted from a novel by Jaroslav Hašek. The music was by Clifton Parker, his first film score.[3] It was shot at the Merton Park Studios in London.

Partial cast

  • Lloyd Pearson as Josef Schweik
  • Maggie Rennie as Madame Lidia Karová
  • Richard Attenborough as Railway worker
  • Julien Mitchell as Gestapo Chief
  • George Carney as Gendarme
  • Muriel George as Mrs. Millerová
  • Anthony Holles as Opera manager
  • Eliot Makeham as Professor Jan Borski
  • Jan Masaryk as Narrator

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Murphy p.300
  3. ^ Huntley, John. British Film Music (1947), pp. 218-19

Bibliography

  • Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. A&C Black, 2005.

External links

  • Schweik's New Adventures at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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