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Czech. Budget. CZK 84.45 million. (US$3.2 million) Box office. $7.3 million. I Served the King of England ( Czech: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a 2006 Czech historical comedy film written and directed by Jiří Menzel, based on Bohumil Hrabal 's novel I Served the King of England. It is Menzel's sixth Hrabal adaptation for film.
Jan 11, 2007 · I Served the King of England: Directed by Jirí Menzel. With Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda. A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jirí Menzel
- 2007-01-11
I Served the King of England ( Czech: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alternately gets into trouble and has successes. Hrabal wrote the book during a period of censorship in the ...
- Bohumil Hrabal
- 1971
Sep 7, 2021 · After serving 15 years in a Czechoslovakian prison, Jan Díte; (Ivan Barnev) looks back on his life as an aspiring millionaire. As a young man, Jan comes to b...
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- MOVIE PREDICTOR
Sep 4, 2008 · In "Closely Watched Trains," the hero's grandfather was crushed while trying to hypnotize the German army. "I Served the King of England" is a life story told by the old and gray Jan Dite ( Oldrich Kaiser) about the adventures of the young and clueless Jan Dite ( Ivan Barnev ). The youth was easily impressed by uniforms, pomp, theatrical ...
Buy I Served the King of England on Fandango at Home. After serving 15 years in a Czechoslovakian prison, Jan Díte; (Ivan Barnev) looks back on his life as an aspiring millionaire. As a young man ...
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- Comedy, Romance, War
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Synopsis. Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of ...
- 115 min