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The gravy train

Like fish bait cast into a pool of sharks, idealistic Dorfmann arrives in Brussels with visions of a united Europe to serve an ambitious British Director of the European Economic Community, Michael Spearpoint. Planning to get rich exploiting the newly-liberated nations of Eastern Europe, wily bureaucrats and entrepreneurs compete to misuse the naïve Dorfmann, dubbed "Prince Stupid," for their own ends. Easily deceived (especially by beautiful women!), Dorfmann instead stumbles along, crisscrossing foes, drawing fire and sparking mayhem in a comically woven web of intrigue and misadventure.

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  • "Like fish bait cast into a pool of sharks, idealistic Dorfmann arrives in Brussels with visions of a united Europe to serve an ambitious British Director of the European Economic Community, Michael Spearpoint. Planning to get rich exploiting the newly-liberated nations of Eastern Europe, wily bureaucrats and entrepreneurs compete to misuse the naïve Dorfmann, dubbed "Prince Stupid," for their own ends. Easily deceived (especially by beautiful women!), Dorfmann instead stumbles along, crisscrossing foes, drawing fire and sparking mayhem in a comically woven web of intrigue and misadventure."@en
  • "In Brussels at the heart of the European Community the Gravy Train follows the politicians, bureaucrats and entrepeneurs, all of whom are eager to make their reputations and, in one of two cases, illicit fortune. But there is one exception, Hans-Joachim Dorfmann."
  • "Take your seat for the hilarious return journey when THE GRAVY TRAIN GOES EAST! Post-glasnost jewel of the Eastern European crown, the Balkan state of Slaka is a tasty treat on THE GRAVY TRAIN. Newly-liberated after years of Communist control, the little nation wants to embrace the European Community and share its bountiful fruits of capitalism and the free market. Animosity between the East and West is now a thing of the past, so why is Slakas entry into the E.C. so hotly-contested enthusiastically encouraged by the Deputy President of the EC and violently opposed by the British Government? The Balkan states economic and political disarray makes E.C. entry unlikely, but perhaps only one man can perform the required economic miracle in Salaka the naïve, bungling European dogsbody Hans Dorfmann (Christop Waltz). Confounded and manipulated by all parties, he finds himself out in the cold and expelled from Slaka but doggedly in pursuit of the states missing fortune! Filmed on location in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Belgium, this 2 DVD set includes all 4 parts of Malcolm Bradburys THE GRAVY TRAIN GOES EAST starring acclaimed actor Sir Ian Richardson (House of Cards), with Christoph Waltz, Francesca Annis (Reckless), Jeremy Child, Roger Lloyd-Pack (Only Fools And Horses), Maggie Steed (Pie In The Sky) and Judy Parfitt (Yes MinisterTake your seat for the hilarious return journey when THE GRAVY TRAIN GOES EAST! More information coming soon...Post-glasnost jewel of the Eastern European crown, the Balkan state of Slaka is a tasty treat on THE GRAVY TRAIN. Newly-liberated after years of Communist control, the little nation wants to embrace the European Community and share its bountiful fruits of capitalism and the free market. Animosity between the East and West is now a thing of the past, so why is Slakas entry into the E.C. so hotly-contested enthusiastically encouraged by the Deputy President of the EC and violently opposed by the British Government?The Balkan states economic and political disarray makes E.C. entry unlikely, but perhaps only one man can perform the required economic miracle in Salaka the naïve, bungling European dogsbody Hans Dorfmann (Christop Waltz). Confounded and manipulated by all parties, he finds himself out in the cold and expelled from Slaka but doggedly in pursuit of the states missing fortune! Filmed on location in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Belgium, this 2 DVD set includes all 4 parts of Malcolm Bradburys THE GRAVY TRAIN GOES EAST starring acclaimed actor Sir Ian Richardson (House of Cards), with Christoph Waltz, Francesca Annis (Reckless), Jeremy Child, Roger Lloyd-Pack (Only Fools And Horses), Maggie Steed (Pie In The Sky) and Judy Parfitt (Yes Minister."

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  • "Television mini-series"@en
  • "Foreign television programs"@en
  • "Comedy"@en
  • "Political"@en
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  • "Comedy television programs"@en
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  • "The gravy train"
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  • "The gravy train goes east"
  • "The Gravy train goes east"
  • "The Gravy train"

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