A Great Road Ahead

A Great Road Ahead

1963 · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, War, Comedy

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.

Directed by Yuri Ozerov · Written by Giorgi Mdivani

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