The Joke 1969
6.62/10 by 38 users
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.
- Title: The Joke
- Year: 1969
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
- Director: Jaromil Jireš
- Cast: Josef Somr, Jana Dítětová, Luděk Munzar, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Evald Schorm, Milan Svrčina
- Crew: Jaromil Jireš (Director), Milan Kundera (Novel), Jaromil Jireš (Screenplay), Milan Kundera (Screenplay), Zdeněk Pololáník (Original Music Composer), Josef Valušiak (Editor)
- Keyword: adultery, based on novel or book, politics, restaurant, postcard, revenge, memory, pickaxe, hard labor, communist party, voted out, expulsion
- Release: Feb 28, 1969
- Runtime: 77 minutes
- IMDb: 6.62 / 10 by 38 users
- Popularity: 11
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: Český
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