The Joke

6.4 / 10

(40 votes)

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.

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

77 minutes

Year:

1969

Director:

Jaromil Jireš

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Company:

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast:
Josef Somr

Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová

Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar

Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Marketa

Evald Schorm

Kostka

Crew:
Jaromil Jireš

Director

Milan Kundera

Novel

Jaromil Jireš

Screenplay

Milan Kundera

Screenplay

Zdeněk Pololáník

Original Music Composer