Schweyk in the Second World War (Knight and Fabry, trans.)

Schweyk in the Second World War (Knight and Fabry, trans.)

Bertolt Brecht, Joseph Fabry, Max Knight, Jaroslav Hasek

Schweyk in the Second World War (Knight and Fabry, trans.)

Schweyk in the Second World War (Knight and Fabry, trans.)

Bertolt Brecht, Joseph Fabry, Max Knight, Jaroslav Hasek

Overview

Schweyk, incarnation of the indestructible little man, now reemerges in Nazi-occupied Prague. He becomes involved with informers, patriots, the Gestapo, and the SS without ever betraying whether his stupidity is real or assumed. On the trail of a handsome dog that he has been sent to steal for an SS leader, Schweyk finds himself in a German army unit near Stalingard. In brief interludes Hitler appears to express his concern about the attitudes of the common man. In the end Schweyk and Hitler meet on the battlefield of Stalingrad, both quite lost.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Docudrama/Historic
  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII, 1930s
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable casting
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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Joseph Fabry

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Max Knight

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Jaroslav Hasek

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