Ivan Barnev
Jan Díte, young
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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.
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.
Aug 29, 2008 · 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 believe that wealth and prestige are ...
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Sep 4, 2008 · A hotel worker (Ivan Barnev) falls for a ruthless Nazi sympathizer (Julia Jentsch). Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. I first got to know the Czech director Jiri Menzel through his whimsical 1966 Oscar-winner " Closely Watched Trains ."
Jul 28, 2013 · Bohumil Hrabal's novel, I Served The King Of England, about a Czech waiter who barely survives World War II, may sound dire but author Anthony Marra says that if you allow yourself to...
Jan 1, 2001 · As a novel, I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND was irreverent, treating the horrific events of WW II and the Nazi and Communist occupation of Czechoslovakia with an outrageous, mocking comedic lightheartedness that was out of place and verging on the abhorrent.
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 believe that wealth and prestige are ...
A busboy with an inferiority complex and a driving ambition to become a millionaire quickly rises to become a head waiter, but the respect he craves continues to allude him. When he marries a Nazi gym teacher, the Czechs despise him even more, while the Germans barely tolerate him.
This is the theatrical trailer for I Served the King of England, directed by Jirà Menzel.
