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I Served the King of England

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I Served the King of England
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R,1hr 58min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy,Romance
Released:
August 22, 2008
Director:
Jirí Menzel
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics
Starring:
Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch  ...more
Synopsis: Despite the 1997 death of longtime friend and Closely Watched Trains collaborator Bohumil Hrabal, 1960s-era Czech New Wave filmmaker Jirí Menzel enters into a postmortem collaboration with the famed author in this pitch-black comedy detailing the shrewd rise of an ambitious waiter. All diminutive manservant Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev) ever wanted was to be filthy rich and to preside over his very own hotel. As a young man coming of age in the 1930s, Jan was preoccupied by beautiful women and awestricken ... Full Synopsis
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
This is a dark story as well as a frothy one. But the bubble of absurdist self-absorption in which Menzel places this specimen of man-child is exquisite. Full Review
Metascore
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 from metacritic.com
72
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 26 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Ivan Barnev
Jan Díte, Old
Oldrich Kaiser
Jan Díte, Young
Julia Jentsch
Liza
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