The Joke (1969)
February 28, 1969
Comedy, Drama
1h 17m
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
- Ludvik Jahn Josef Somr
- Helena Zemánková Jana Dítětová
- Pavel Zemánek Luděk Munzar
- Marketa Jaroslava Obermaierová
- Kostka Evald Schorm
- Věra Věra Křesadlová
- Lieutenant Jaromír Hanzlík
- 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