adultery,based on novel or book,politics,restaurant,postcard,revenge,memory,pickaxe,hard labor,communist party,voted out,expulsion

The Joke (1969)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jaromil Jireš
  • Profile picture of Josef Somr
    Ludvik Jahn Josef Somr
  • Profile picture of Jana Dítětová
    Helena Zemánková Jana Dítětová
  • Profile picture of Luděk Munzar
    Pavel Zemánek Luděk Munzar
  • Profile picture of Jaroslava Obermaierová
    Marketa Jaroslava Obermaierová
  • Profile picture of Evald Schorm
    Kostka Evald Schorm
  • Profile picture of Věra Křesadlová
    Věra Věra Křesadlová
  • Profile picture of Jaromír Hanzlík
    Lieutenant Jaromír Hanzlík
  • Profile picture of Michal Pavlata
    Jindra Michal Pavlata

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Keywords

  • adultery
  • based on novel or book
  • politics
  • restaurant
  • postcard
  • revenge
  • memory
  • pickaxe
  • hard labor
  • communist party
  • voted out
  • expulsion