I Served the King of England
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jiri Menzel
Julia Jentsch
Oldrich Kaiser
Milan Lasica
Marian Labuda
Josef Abrham
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jan Dite is short in height, but high in ambition. To put it bluntly, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. And he knows just how to do it: by hearing everything, seeing everything, and creating opportunities at every turn. Armed with this knowledge and an irrepressible wish to please, he soon leaves his first place of employment, a pub, for a luxury brothel and finally moves onto an elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But by the late 1930s, things are changing: Hitler has taken the Sudetenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Líza, a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon after Líza is sent to serve on the Polish front, while Jan remains behind to serve as a nurse in a Nazi SS Research Hospital, but when she returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that Jews had 'left behind.' After Líza's less than heroic death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes a millionaire. But he only has three years to enjoy his fortune: the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for 15 years, one for each of his millions. Upon his release from jail, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town. Here Jan reflects on the events that have shaped his life--and to reflect on what might have happened if he had played a different role in these events.
Director
Jiri Menzel
Cast
Julia Jentsch
Oldrich Kaiser
Milan Lasica
Marian Labuda
Josef Abrham
Jiri Labus
Ivan Barnev
Martin Huba
Jaromír Dulava
Rudolf Hru¿ínský
Zuzana Fialová
Pavel Novy
Petra Hrebickova
Sarka Petruzelova
Eva Kalcovska
Tonya Graves
Jan Klusak
Petr Brukner
Jiri Zak
Vaclav Knop
Tomas Sechser
Jaroslav Tomsa
Pavel Vondruska
Istvan Szabo
Thomas Zielinski
Nikolai Penev
Petr Ctvrtnicek
Ladislav Zupanic
Petr Herrmann
Rudolf Jelinek
Oldrich Vlach
Frantisek Rehak
Vaclav Chalupa
Jiri Knot
Vlastimil Brabec
Viktor Taus
Nada Konvalinkova
Emilia Vasaryova
Zdenek Maryska
Zdenek Zak
Martin Zahalka
Vladimir Kulhavy
Stephan Nobbe
Kristyna Bokova
Jana Vranova
Jiri Sestak
Crew
Milan Babik
Jan Balzer
Libuse Barlova
Rudolf Biermann
Ales Brezina
Ji¿í Bro¿ek
Milan Bycek
Pavel Cechak
Pavel Cechak
Petr Charvat
Otto Chipek
Magda Chylkova
Milan Corba
Peter Dvorak
Dominik Faustus
Luba Feglova
Adam Fuchs
Klaus Fuxjäger
Radim Hladik Jr.
Radim Hladik Jr.
Tomas Hoffman
Bohumil Hrabal
Milan Janostik
Jiri Kacirek Jr.
Borivoj Klecka
Vit Komrzy
Dusan Kukal
Vladimir Kyech
Pavla Markova
Boris Masnik
Jiri Menzel
Andrea Metcalfe
Lubos Nouzak
Ladislav Ondracek
Jirina Pahlerova
Radek Petr
Jiri Pospisil
Robert Schaffer
Vit Simek
Jaromir Sofr
Jaromir Sofr
Kristian Suda
Michal Sula
Helena Uldrichova
Karel Vanasek
Martin Vesely
Lukas Viznar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Out of Competition) August 23-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 8-18, 2007.)
Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize (Competition) at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer August 29, 2008
Released in United States on Video February 17, 2009
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States August 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States 2008
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Out of Competition) August 23-September 3, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) August 15-26, 2007.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Based on the novel "I Served the King of England" written by Bohumil Hrabal; published by Vintage November 27, 1990.
Released in United States Summer August 29, 2008
Released in United States on Video February 17, 2009
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) August 15-26, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
