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
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Libuše Šafránková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Eliška Balzerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Můj báječný rozvod (2008) (theatrical recording)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
Zuzana Fišerová-Svátková
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Pražská 5 (1988)
Straw Hat (1971)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dáda Patrasová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
Čertův švagr (1984) (TV movie)
Jiří Kodet
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Higher Principle (1960)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Bedřich Prokoš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Jiří Hálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Milada Ježková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Ilja Racek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Daniela Bakerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jana Altmannová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Kolya (1996)
Václav Mareš
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
The Golden Eels (1979) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
Petr Popelka
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Vojtěch, Called Orphan (1989)
Jana Březinová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Jan Kašpar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, široký a krátkozraký (2006) (theatrical recording)