The Joke
1969•1h 17m•6.5•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Writer
Jaromil Jireš, Milan Kundera
Languages
Czech
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
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
Jiří Sýkora
Michal Knapčík
Jiří Cimický
Emil Haluška
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
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