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I Served the King of England is a tchèque film of genre Drama directed by Jiří Menzel released in USA on 29 august 2008 with Julia Jentsch

I Served the King of England (2007)

Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále

I Served the King of England
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Released in USA 29 august 2008
Length 2h
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating72% 3.646363.646363.646363.646363.64636

I Served the King of England (Czech: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a 2006 Czech comedy film written and directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the novel I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal. It is Menzel's sixth adaptation of the works of Hrabal for film.

The film was released in the UK and in the US in 2008.

Synopsis

Jan Dítě has been released from a Czech prison just before the very end of his 15-year sentence and is settling in a town near the border between Czechoslovakia and Germany. He occupies his time with rebuilding a deserted house, and begins to recall his past, where he says that his main wish in life was to be a millionaire. Jan begins his career as a frankfurter vendor at a railroad station, and quickly learns the power of money and the influence it exerts over people.

Actors

Julia Jentsch

(Líza)Ivan Barnev

(Jan Dítě)Oldřich Kaiser

(Jan Dítě, as an older man)Zuzana Fialová

(Marcela)Marián Labuda

(Walden)
And :
Josef Abrhám
István Szabó
Jiří Lábus
Emília Vášáryová
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