The Joke

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Written by Milan Kundera, Jaromil Jireš, Milan Kundera, Ladislav Fikar

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

Josef Somr

Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová

Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar

Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Marketa

Evald Schorm

Kostka

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Milan Svrčina

Jaroslav

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Miloš Rejchrt

Alexej

Věra Křesadlová

Věra

Jaromír Hanzlík

Lieutenant

Michal Pavlata

Jindra

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Jiří Sýkora

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Michal Knapčík