How long is I Served the King of England?

I Served the King of England is 1 hr 58 min long.

Who is Jan Díte, young in I Served the King of England?

Ivan Barnev plays Jan Díte, young in the film.

What is I Served the King of England about?

Jan Díte, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. Armed with this knowledge and an irrepressible wish to please, he leaves a pub for a luxury brothel and, finally moving onto an elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But by the late 1930s, things are changing: Hitler has taken the Sudetenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Líza (Julia Jentsch), a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon after Líza is sent to serve on the Polish front, while Jan remains behind to serve as a nurse in a Nazi SS Research Hospital, but when she returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that Jews had ‘left behind’ ... After Líza’s death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes a millionaire. But he only has three years to enjoy his fortune: the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for 15 years. Upon his release from jail, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town. Here Jan reflects on the events that have shaped his life.

I Served the King of England

Name: I Served the King of England
Genre: Comedy,Drama Action/Adventure
Released: 2008-08-29
Duration: 118
Rating: 81

R 1 hr 58 min

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How long is I Served the King of England?: I Served the King of England is 1 hr 58 min long.

Who directed I Served the King of England?: Jirí Menzel

Who is Jan Díte, young in I Served the King of England?: Ivan Barnev plays Jan Díte, young in the film.

What is I Served the King of England about?: Jan Díte, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. Armed with this knowledge and an irrepressible wish to please, he leaves a pub for a luxury brothel and, finally moving onto an elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But by the late 1930s, things are changing: Hitler has taken the Sudetenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Líza (Julia Jentsch), a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon after Líza is sent to serve on the Polish front, while Jan remains behind to serve as a nurse in a Nazi SS Research Hospital, but when she returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that Jews had ‘left behind’ ... After Líza’s death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes a millionaire. But he only has three years to enjoy his fortune: the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for 15 years. Upon his release from jail, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town. Here Jan reflects on the events that have shaped his life.