I Served the King of England

Jan Dite is a small man, but he has big plans. The Czech provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. Wealth is his obsession. Women are his passion. Work is his religion. His motto is: see everything, hear everything, say nothing. With complete naivety, the stand-up man slithers through the Czech history of the 20th century. It is his luck that he is always unlucky. His career in Prague's best restaurant has barely begun when he falls in love with Líza, a Sudeten German. Her fanatical love for the Führer first cost him his job, then brought him new fame after Hitler's invasion and, after the war, stamps worth 15 million. When the communist regime comes to power, he wants to go where all millionaires have found their new home: to prison. One year in prison for every million. When he is released, he is a poor old man, but rich in wit and memories.