In 1963, Jan Díte is released from prison after 15 years and flees to a deserted village near the German border. Through flashbacks, his story unfolds: a clever and ambitious young man who rises from a train station vendor to a high-end waiter, learning the secrets of the wealthy and how to win over women. He dreams of becoming a millionaire hotel owner, but his life takes a dramatic turn when he meets Líza, a German woman in Prague, before the war.
I Served the King of England
A world of opulence and duplicity is revealed in the majestic backdrop of a centuries-old Prague hotel.