I Served the King of England

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"I Served the King of England" is a Czech comedy-drama film, based on Bohumil Hrabal’s novel, that follows the rise and fall of an ambitious waiter navigating the tumultuous events of 20th-century Central Europe.

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instanceOf Czech film
film
adaptationOf Czech novel
authorOfSourceWork Bohumil Hrabal
awardReceived Czech Lion Award for Best Cinematography
linked to: Czech Lion Award

Czech Lion Award for Best Director
Czech Lion Award for Best Film
linked to: Czech Lion Award
basedOn I Served the King of England (novel)
cinematographyBy Jaromír Šofr
countryOfOrigin Czech Republic
director Jiří Menzel
distributor Falcon a.s.
editedBy Jiří Brožek
filmFestivalScreening Berlin International Film Festival
filmingLocation Czech Republic
Prague
genre comedy
drama
historical film
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
musicBy Aleš Březina
narrativeFocus waiter
narrativeTheme rise and fall
social mobility
war and occupation
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
originalLanguage Czech
posterCaption Theatrical release poster
producer Agnieszka Odorowicz
Jiri Menzel
linked to: Jiří Menzel

Krzysztof Zanussi
productionCompany Barrandov Studios
In Film Praha
releaseYear 2006
runningTime 120 minutes
screenwriter Jiří Menzel
settingLocation Czechoslovakia
settingPeriod 20th century
starring Ivan Barnev
Jiří Lábus
Julia Jentsch
Marián Labuda
Martin Huba
Milan Lasica
Oldřich Kaiser

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Karel Roden notableWork I Served the King of England
Jiří Menzel notableWork I Served the King of England
Jiří Menzel directed I Served the King of England
I Served the King of England basedOn I Served the King of England (novel)
linked to: I Served the King of England
Oldřich Kaiser notableWork I Served the King of England
Jaromír Šofr workedOn I Served the King of England