A busboy with an inferiority complex and a driving ambition to become a millionaire, quickly rises to become a head waiter, but the respect he craves continues to allude him. When he marries a Nazi gym teacher, the Czechs despise him even more, while the Germans barely tolerate him. Rare stamps taken from wealthy Jews make his dream come true after the war, but his first-class hotel is soon nationalized by the Communists and he ends his life in poverty and isolation.
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Rated R for sexual content and nudity
Length: 120 minutes
Released: August 29, 2008 Limited
Cast: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Martin Huba, Marián Labuda
Director: Jirí MenzelProducer: Rudolf Biermann
Writer: Bohumil Hrabal, Jirí Menzel
Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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