I Served the King of England
Director: Jirí Menzel
Stars: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: After being released from his 15-year prison sentence, Jan Díte looks back on his life, and how he went from being a waiter at Prague’s most-celebrated hotel with dreams of being as wealthy as his diners, to becoming a millionaire himself, only to watch his fate take a turn as Hitler’s army began to break apart his native Czechoslovakia.
THE BUZZ: Chances are you’re reading about the winner of this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Director Jirí Menzel won said award 42 years ago with Closely Watched Trains, and with his first film in 12 years — a WWII-set romantic comedy, no less — one almost has to have sympathy for his competition. Especially when one considers that Menzel adapted the novel by his longtime friend Bohumil Hrabal, who passed away last year. P.S. Hrabal also wrote the novel Closely Watched Trains …
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