Czech Republic / Slovakia / Germany / Hungary,
2006, 120 min
(Alternative: 114 min)
Directed by:
Jiří MenzelScreenplay:
Jiří MenzelCinematography:
Jaromír ŠofrComposer:
Aleš BřezinaCast:
Ivan Barnev, Oldřich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Zuzana Fialová, Milan Lasica, Marian Labuda, Martin Huba, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Lábus, Jaromír Dulava, István Szabó (more)Plots(1)
Bohumil Hrabal's book I Served the King of England is among the pinnacles of his body of work. Mirrored in the fate of a young Czech waiter's life are the hopes, conflicts, dramas, and defeats of Czechoslovak history in the last century. Based on that book, director Jiří Menzel presents a film about a man in the twilight of his life seeking images of the era he has lived through. About a man who yearned to fill his life with wealth and beauty no matter what the circumstances, a man whose luck always lay in his encountering some misfortune. (official distributor synopsis)
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