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Schwejk
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This is a classic illustration of Jaroslav Hašek's character Švejk, as drawn by Josef Lada, on a bright yellow background. Švejk wears a green pre-WWI Austrian infantry uniform, and there is stubble on his fat face. His hands are holding two white baby blankets to his chest; tucked in on the left are a man and woman with their eyes closed, fully dressed, he in uniform, she in a flowered and feathered hat; on the right is a chaplain, drunk, head thrown back, bottle in one hand, cross in the other. This film is Czechoslovakian.