I Served the King of England
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- Synopsis
- Despite the 1997 death of longtime friend and Closely Watched Trains collaborator Bohumil Hrabal, 1960s-era Czech New Wave filmmaker Jirí Menzel enters into a postmortem collaboration with the famed author in this pitch-black comedy detailing the ......
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- Starring
- Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Martin Huba, Marian Labuda
- Director(s)
- Jirí Menzel
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min.
Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
This is a dark story as well as a frothy one. But the bubble of absurdist self-absorption in which Menzel places this specimen of man-child is exquisite.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Ray BennettAdd Critic to Favorites
It is a sumptuously told tale of childlike wonder in the face of darkest corruption and war, mixing high comedy, surreal sequences and genuine drama viewed from a wise, jaundiced perspective.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
I Served The King Of England views diabolical events from the sidelines, something like "The Remains Of The Day" reworked as an absurdist comedy.Read the full review
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