I Dutifully Report

I Dutifully Report

Directed by Karel Steklý

Produced by Filmové studio Barrandov

195891 min6.9 / 10

A picaresque wartime comedy that uses absurdist humor and a bumbling protagonist to satirize military bureaucracy and the chaos of World War I.

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. With the distinctive traditional Czech cartoon character of a soldier Svejk, this time you meet on the way to the front and eventually right in the firing line. You can look at his famous train events, and also probably the most famous episode of the novel, Švejk's Budějovice anabasis. Don't miss the scene with the secretly bought cognac, the episode with Svejk as a fake Russian prisoner of war, including the court scene, and the scene in which lieutenant Dub is caught in a brothel. Despite the criticism, Steklý's adaptation is undoubtedly the most famous and memorable at present.

Questions people ask

  • Is I Dutifully Report easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is I Dutifully Report sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is I Dutifully Report scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is I Dutifully Report violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does I Dutifully Report end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

67/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity74

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise61

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like I Dutifully Report

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like I Dutifully Report, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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