Watch NowThe Joke (1969)
28/02/1969
Comedy, Drama
1h 17m
- 65% (39 votes)
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Overview
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.
- Jaromil JirešDirector, Screenplay
- Milan KunderaScreenplay
Original Title
Žert
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Keywords
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- politics
- restaurant
- postcard
- revenge
- memory
- pickaxe
- hard labor
- communist party
- voted out
- expulsion
Top Billed Cast
Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn
Jana Dítětová
Helena Zemánková
Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa
Evald Schorm
Kostka
Milan Svrčina
Jaroslav
Miloš Rejchrt
Alexej
Věra Křesadlová
Věra
Jaromír Hanzlík
Lieutenant
Michal Pavlata
Jindra
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