I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) [M]

Director: Jiri Menzel

Starring: Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Mentsch, Istvan Szabo

A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel. 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 elude him. When he marries a Nazi gym teacher, the Czechs despise him even more, while the Germans barely tolerate him. Rare stamps taken from wealthy Jews make his dream come true after the war, but his first-class hotel is soon nationalised by the Communists and he ends his life in poverty and isolation. (PN)

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