I Served the King of England (2006)
- Original title
- Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
- Directed by
- Jiří Menzel
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, war film, romance film, comedy drama
- Country
- Slovakia, Czech Republic
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 115 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short and ambitious waiter in pre-war Czechoslovakia dreams of wealth and status. Through his small successes and big setbacks, the film follows his life through love, war, and changing political times.
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What happens
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. The film was released in the United Kingdom and the United States in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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