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
![Vlasta Žehrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268518_2c5956.jpg)
Vlasta Žehrová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
![Jan Vávra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245360_1ec570.jpg)
Jan Vávra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Calamity (1980)
Kam doskáče ranní ptáče (1987)
![Gabriela Wilhelmová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/140/165140373_360a24.png)
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Jiří Pokora
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Igrok (1972)
Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka (1984) (series)
![Vladimír Hrabánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268132_dec367.jpg)
Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
![Alexej Pyško](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271825_8a0007.jpg)
Alexej Pyško
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Paní Marjánka, matka pluku aneb Ženské srdce (1980) (TV movie)
Vladimír Žižka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Lovers in the Year One (1973)
Věra Kočišová
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
![Václav Kotva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268656_118684.jpg)
Václav Kotva
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Bohumil Fišer
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Rudolf Svěcený
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
![Slávka Hamouzová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275976_cf17b2.jpg)
Slávka Hamouzová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
Václav Eisenhamer
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
![Kateřina Smoljaková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456180_ee1236.jpg)
Kateřina Smoljaková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
An Uncertain Season (1987)
![Alžběta Smoljaková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456181_cec431.jpg)
Alžběta Smoljaková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
An Uncertain Season (1987)
![Karel Engel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/585/158585024_0aa36f.jpg)
Karel Engel
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Martin Velda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/155/165155869_9cd9c5.jpg)
Martin Velda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Starožitníkův krám (1980) (TV movie)
![Ivo Gübel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268662_8131c0.jpg)
Ivo Gübel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
![Běla Jurdová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274580_153832.jpg)
Běla Jurdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Dagmar Smoljaková
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)