Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
By: producenti Bioscop a AQS ; scénář a režie, Jiří Menzel
Contributors: Barnev, Ivan; Kaiser, Oldřich, 1955-; Jentsch, Julia, 1978-; Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: cze
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: History; Drama; Politics and government
Other titles: I served the king of England
Description: A light-hearted take on a turbulent period in the history of 20th Century Czechoslovakia, following two parallel stories. This first follows the exploits and gradual maturing of an ambitious young man before the war during the German occupation when he finds himself on the side of occupying power. The second story, interlinked with the first, concerns a short period in his later life when, after years in prison, he seeks peace and solitude in an abandoned German village.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Based on the book by Bohumil Hrabal.

Cinematography, Jaromir Sofr ; editor, Jirí Brozek ; music, Ales Brezina.

Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch.

In Czech with subtitles in English and French.