Schweik's New Adventures

Schweik's New Adventures (also known as It Started at Midnight) is a 1943 British comedy film, directed by Karel Lamač and starring Lloyd Pearson, Maggie Rennie, Richard Attenborough and Julien Mitchell. It was adapted from a novel by Jaroslav Hašek. The music was by Clifton Parker, his first film score. It was shot at the Merton Park Studios in London.

Partial cast

• Lloyd Pearson as Josef Schweik
• Maggie Rennie as Madame Lidia Karová
• Richard Attenborough as Railway worker
• Julien Mitchell as Gestapo Chief
• George Carney as Gendarme
• Muriel George as Mrs. Millerová
• Anthony Holles as Opera manager
• Eliot Makeham as Professor Jan Borski
• Jan Masaryk as Narrator

References

Bibliography

• Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. A&C Black, 2005.

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