A film about the life and work of the Czech satirical writer Jaroslav Hasek. The story is told from the perspective of Josef Švejk, the main character of the novel "The Good Soldier Švejk During the World War".




Newsreel footage from the early 20th century: everyday scenes from the streets of Prague.
The Prague house where Jaroslav Hasek was born.
Family photographs of the Haseks: father, mother, little Jaroslav, young Jaroslav with friends and women.
Photograph of the Korovnik restaurant.
Jaroslav Hasek with friends at a table with beer.
Beer is poured into mugs.
Photograph of Archduke Ferdinand and Princess Hohenberg.
Photographs of the military, a mass procession in pre-war Europe.
Photograph of Hasek with a smoking pipe.
Photographs of World War I and Jaroslav Hasek in a soldier's uniform.
Towers of the Moscow Kremlin.
Photographs of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Hasek's front-line friend Ivan Filippovich Rimanov talks about the attack on the city of Bugulma and Jaroslav Hasek (synchronously).
The Jaroslav Hasek Museum in the building of the former military commandant's office in Bugulma.
Rooms, interior of the museum.
Irkutsk, path in the park.
The square in Irkutsk where Jaroslav Hasek agitated foreigners for Soviet power
J. Hasek I. F. Rimanov
1900-1910
Prague Moscow Bugulma Irkutsk




Irkutsk, administrative buildings. 1919 leaflet "Red Response".
Membership card of the RCP (B).
Former editor of army newspapers Jan Diman talks about Hasek's journalistic talent (voice-over).
Revolutionary photographs of Hasek.
Photograph of Hasek's Russian wife Alexandra Lvova.
Irkutsk, river embankment, wooden house where Hasek lived with his wife.
Siberian landscapes: river, mountains, taiga.
House in the forest, table with a bench.
Birch grove.
Siberian river, taiga expanses.
Hasek's wooden house in Irkutsk.
Hasek's wife's sister Lidia Maloyaroslavtseva tells the story (voice-over).
Sunset over the sea, a ship on the horizon.
Views of Prague, statues, streets.
Jaroslav Hasek's Prague house.
House in the village of Lipnice, where Hasek lived the last 3 months of his life.
Village views.
Interior of the house, Hasek's bed, desk.
Photos of Hasek from different years.
Y. Hasek Y. Diman L. V. Maloyaroslavtseva
Irkutsk Prague village Lipnice