A Great Road Ahead

A Great Road Ahead (1963) is a drama, war film directed by Yuri Ozerov rated 6.7/10.

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.

Cast

Josef Abrhám

Jaroslav Hašek

Rudolf Hrušínský

Straslipka

Inna Gulaya

Shura

Jaroslav Marvan

general

František Filipovský

captain

Yuriy Yakovlev

Polivanov

Aleksandr Kutepov

Yakov Sverdlov

Mykola Hrynko

brigade commander

Oleg Borisov

Mitka

Sergei Filippov

city head

Josef Kemr

spy

Josef Hlinomaz

innkeeper