DramaWarComedy
A Great Road Ahead
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, Maks Gershengorin
67
User score
3 votes
Status
Released
Released
April 27, 1963
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
Russian
Top 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
František Hanus
police inspector
Karel Effa
archduke
Míla Myslíková
archduke's wife
Mykola Yakovchenko
peasant on a cart
Pyotr Kiryutkin
Yerofeyev
Dmytro Kapka
Mefodiy
Yevgeni Shutov
soldier
Mikhail Vasilyev
red-haired soldier
