---
title: 'I Served the King of England (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '2006-12-21'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Slovakia'
  - 'Czech Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-served-the-king-of-england-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284363/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Served the King of England (2006)

2006 · 120 min · Drama, Comedy, War, Romance · Slovakia, Czech Republic

Original title: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále

## Synopsis

I Served the King of England is a 2006 Czech historical comedy film written and directed by Jiří Menzel, based on Bohumil Hrabal's novel I Served the King of England. It is Menzel's sixth Hrabal adaptation for film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Aleš Březina](https://cinepixo.com/people/ales-brezina)
- **Producer:** [Rudolf Biermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-biermann), [Andrea Metcalfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-metcalfe), [Robert Schaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-schaffer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr)
- **Editor:** [Jiří Brožek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-brozek)

## Cast

- [Jiří Šesták](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sestak)
- [Vlastimil Brabec](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimil-brabec)
- [Julia Jentsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-jentsch)
- [Zdeněk Maryška](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-maryska)
- [István Szabó](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szabo)
- [Zdeněk Žák](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-zak)
- [Martin Zahálka](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-zahalka)
- [Milan Šimáček](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-simacek)
- [Vladimír Kulhavý](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-kulhavy)
- [Milan Enčev](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-encev)
- [Thomas Zielinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-zielinski)
- [Kristýna Boková](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristyna-bokova)
- [Pavel Nový](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-novy)
- [Jiří Knot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-knot)
- [Pavel Vondruška](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-vondruska)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-served-the-king-of-england-2006
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