Savoy Theater
Jan Dite, the plucky little waiter who bounces around central Europe in Jiri Menzel’s epic comedy, has colossal ambitions. Catering to political and military fat cats at a fancy brothel in 1930s Czechoslovakia, his appetites are piqued as he observes them dandling prostitutes on their laps while washing down rich banquets with beer and brandy. I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND is Mr. Menzel’s sixth screen adaptation of the work of Bohumil Hrabal, the Czech satirist who is best known for writing the novel Closely Watched Trains and the screenplay of Menzel’s 1968 film version. “There is hardly a moment in this new film in which you are not aware that its absurdist view of the human condition was shaped by traumatic 20th-century events.” (Stephen Holden, The New York Times) 118 minutes, in Czech with subtitles. Sponsored by Sarducci’s. Community Partner: Vermont Council on Foreign Affairs. Review
- Sunday, March 22 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, March 24 4:00 pm
- Thursday, March 26 8:30 pm
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