A Great Road Ahead (1963)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.472 |
Directed By
Yuri Ozerov
Crew
Valentina Kuznetsova
Edgar Smirnov
Emin Khachaturyan
Dmitriy Gershengorin
Giorgi Mdivani
Yuri Ozerov
Aleksandr Myagkov
Igor Chernykh
Karen Khachaturyan
Boris Volsky
TOP CAST
Josef Abrhám
Jaroslav Hašek
Rudolf Hrušínský
Straslipka
Inna Gulaya
Shura
Jaroslav Marvan
general
František Filipovský
captain
Yuriy Yakovlev
Polivanov
Aleksandr Kutepov
Yakov Sverdlov
Nikolay Grinko
brigade commander
Oleg Borisov
Mitka
Sergei Filippov
city head
Josef Kemr
spy
Josef Hlinomaz
innkeeper
František Hanus
police inspector
Karel Effa
archduke
Míla Myslíková
archduke's wife
Mykola Yakovchenko
peasant on a cart
Pyotr Kiryutkin
Yerofeyev
Dmitriy Kapka
Mefodiy
Yevgeni Shutov
soldier
Mikhail Vasilyev
red-haired soldier
Pavel Vinnik
priest
Yakov Lents
old intelligent
Fyodor Gladkov
Hašek's colleague
Josef Steigl
porter in a hotel (uncredited)
Vitaly Belyakov
soldier with a harmonica (uncredited)
Mykola Talyura
Hašek's colleague (uncredited)
Zdeněk Týle
pub visitor (uncredited)
Vladimir Klimentyev
soldier-observer (uncredited)
Nikita Kondratyev
english general (uncredited)
Grigoriy Teslya
baker (uncredited)
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Sverdlov's assistant (uncredited)
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