The Joke
19691h 17mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
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.
Keywords
- memory
- based on novel or book
- revenge
- adultery
- postcard
- restaurant
- politics
- expulsion
- pickaxe
- hard labor
- communist party
- voted out
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 28, 1969
- Original language
- Czech
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Cast
- Josef Somr,Jana Dítětová,Luděk Munzar,Jaroslava Obermaierová,Evald Schorm,Milan Svrčina,Miloš Rejchrt,Věra Křesadlová,Jaromír Hanzlík,Michal Pavlataand 47 more
- Director
- Jaromil Jireš
- Producer
- Bohumil Šmída
- Cinematography
- Jan Čuřík
- Music
- Zdeněk Pololáník
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0065241