Czechoslovakia, 1963. Jan Díte is released from prison after serving 15 years. He goes into semi exile in a deserted village near the German border. In flashbacks, he tells his story: he's a small, clever and quick-witted young man, stubbornly naïve, a vendor at a train station. Thanks to a patron, he becomes a waiter at upscale hotels and restaurants. We see him discover how the wealthy tick and how to please women. He strives to be a millionaire with his own hotel. Before... (Full plot summary below)
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Czechoslovakia, 1963. Jan Díte is released from prison after serving 15 years. He goes into semi exile in a deserted village near the German border. In flashbacks, he tells his story: he's a small, clever and quick-witted young man, stubbornly naïve, a vendor at a train station. Thanks to a patron, he becomes a waiter at upscale hotels and restaurants. We see him discover how the wealthy tick and how to please women. He strives to be a millionaire with his own hotel. Before the war, he meets Líza, a German woman in Prague. Is this his ticket to wealth or his undoing? Meanwhile, we see Jan putting a life together after prison: why was he sentenced, and who will he become?
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| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceIn the end, I Served the King of England is doomed to fail by comparison. Ironically, they are comparisons that the film itself keeps making. |
| Empire MagazineSam ToyFunny, vivacious and profound without being earnest, this is an utter delight. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasea bitingly effective satire . . . a lively scamper through decadence, desire, and the conflation of food and sex such that hasn't been seen in cinema since Tom Jones |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA darkly humorous, exquisitely performed and filmed story of a Czech Everyman against the backdrop of the Nazi and Communist domination of Czechoslovakia. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonMenzel has crafted a visual extravaganza. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA return to form and a comeback for Menzel: His first film in over a decade, an adaptation of Hrabal's 1974 novel, displays the serio-comedic and poignantly humanistic perspective that has informed the Czech director's best work. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisSurprisingly sexy and delightfully playful, England will do nothing less than revitalize your faith in movies. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthCzech director Jirí Menzel casts a wide net in this fanciful tale of life, love and the relentless march of time. |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson... the film dishonors the history it glides through by lacking any sense of real danger. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussCelebrates the pleasures of life while acknowledging its tragedy and absurdity... Its attitude might be described as good-natured fatalism. |
