The Joke
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.
Top Billed Cast
Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn
Jana Dítětová
Helena Zemánková
Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa
Evald Schorm
Kostka
Featured Crew
Milan Kundera
Screenplay
Josef Valušiak
Editor
Jaromil Jireš
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Screenplay
Zdeněk Pololáník
Original Music Composer
Milan Kundera
Novel
Karel Kracík
Set Decoration
Leoš Karen
Production Design
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Holeček
Unit Production Manager
Dagmar Švejdova
Assistant Director
Eliška Štíbrová
Assistant Director
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