Not Rated
1963    18mKomedi, Short
8.080%7.3
Grevinnan och Betjänten ("Dinner for One"). I denna klassiska brittiska sketch spelar den Brittiska komikern Freddie Frinton den snurriga betjänten som är tvungen att agera stand-in för de sedan länge avlidna gästerna, när hans husfru, Miss Sophie, firar sin 90-årsdag. I samma tradition som alla andra år "Same procedure as last year", blir han tvungen att skåla till värdinnans välgång i rollen av samtliga gäster på middagen. Detta påverkar självklart den stackars betjänten ganska snart. En mycket ovanlig och otroligt rolig middagsbjudning...
Directed by Heinz Dunkhase

Where to Watch Grevinnan och Betjänten

  • Freddie FrintonJames / Adaptation
  • May WardenMiss Sophie
  • Heinz PiperNarrator (voice)
  • Heinz DunkhaseRegisör / Producent
  • Lauri WylieFörfattare
  • Herbert LercheProduction Design
  • Frank A. BanuscherDirector Of Photography
  • Lew PollackMusik
  • Richard6 november 2025
    Dinner for One. The black and white ritual that somehow became the New Year’s Eve tradition across Germany and anyone with a nostalgic heart and access to regional TV. I must’ve seen it dozens of times, always around the holidays, always with a grin. It’s not Christmas without Miss Sophie and her increasingly inebriated butler James. The setup is simple: Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th birthday with a dinner party for four long dead friends. Her butler, James, must impersonate each guest and drink their toasts. What follows is a masterclass in physical comedy, timing and escalating absurdity. Freddie Frinton’s performance is legendary: the tiger rug trip, the slurred toasts, the increasingly chaotic service, it’s all perfectly choreographed chaos. What makes it magic isn’t just the comedy, but the ritual. The repetition. The fact that you know what’s coming and you still laugh. Whether it aired on NDR, WDR, or a Dutch channel with subtitles, it became part of the cultural fabric. And let’s be honest, the line “Same procedure as every year, James” is practically a seasonal greeting at this point.
  • heinrich_k6 januari 2026
    It is a cult classic. In Germany this recording of a comedy play is traditionally watched on New Years Eve.

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