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.
- Bohumil Hrabal
- 1971
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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.
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
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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- Jirí Menzel
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- Ivan Barnev
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 ...
- 2 min
- 11.7K
- MOVIE PREDICTOR
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...
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.
