Directed by:
Ladislav SmoljakScreenplay:
Zdeněk SvěrákCinematography:
Ivan ŠlapetaComposer:
Jaroslav UhlířCast:
Josef Abrhám, Libuše Šafránková, Eliška Balzerová, Zuzana Fišerová-Svátková, Zdeněk Svěrák, Dáda Patrasová, Jiří Kodet, Karel Augusta, Bedřich Prokoš (more)Plots(1)
Film follows the adventures of a twice-divorced bookseller who is addicted to womanising and struggling to find the resources to support the army of children he has fathered. A case of mistaken identity leads him to hit upon a cunning plan to boost his income: posing as a waiter in the bars and cafes of Prague, taking the customers’ cash and then making a sharp exit. As you would expect, these leads to all kinds of comic hi-jinx. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jan Hraběta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271378_efd22f.jpg)
Jan Hraběta
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, široký a krátkozraký (2006) (theatrical recording)
Akt (1997) (theatrical recording)
![Ivan Pokorný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/472/472977_adc9cf.jpg)
Ivan Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
![Jiří Knot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274932_e16ce5.jpg)
Jiří Knot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
![Jiří Lír](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212048_ecd5fe.jpg)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
![Jaroslav Weigel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245255_6ee46d.jpg)
Jaroslav Weigel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Vyšetřování ztráty třídní knihy (1997) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Havránek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Tři spory (1981) (series)
Pražská 5 (1988)
![Hana Čížková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268296_e983e1.jpg)
Hana Čížková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Svatební cesta do Jiljí (1983) (TV movie)
The Black Barons (1992)
![Pavel Vondruška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268786_9a305e.jpg)
Pavel Vondruška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Blaník (1997) (theatrical recording)
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
![Miroslav Vladyka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098819_3519b0.jpg)
Miroslav Vladyka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![Ivan Wiesner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412589_5cecb1.jpg)
Ivan Wiesner
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Hon na kočku (1979)
Matěji, proč tě holky nechtějí? (1981)
František Olšovský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
Ballad for a Bandit (1978)
![Jan Prokeš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278784_374c9b.jpg)
Jan Prokeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Stanislava Bartošová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810741_1625ff.png)
Stanislava Bartošová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Ilona Vaňková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Příběh lásky a cti (1977)
Dvere dokorán (1977)
![Filip Smoljak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456093_8a7fe0.jpg)
Filip Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
An Uncertain Season (1987)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Aleš Jánský
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Kluk za dvě pětky (1983)
Lucie Horová
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![David Smoljak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456081_4ab5f7.jpg)
David Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
![Ladislav Smoljak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/829/162829868_fdcc5a.jpg)
Ladislav Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Josef Koudelka Bergstein
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vražda v salónním coupé (1997) (theatrical recording)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)