The Joke

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.

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Top cast

Josef Somr

Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová

Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar

Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Marketa

Evald Schorm

Kostka

M

Milan Svrčina

Jaroslav

M

Miloš Rejchrt

Alexej

Věra Křesadlová

Věra

Jaromír Hanzlík

Lieutenant

Michal Pavlata

Jindra

J

Jiří Sýkora

M

Michal Knapčík

J

Jiří Cimický

E

Emil Haluška

J

Josef Žluťák Hrubý

J

Jiří Štíbr

S

Stanislav Litera

V

Václav Svěrák

J

Jan Svoboda

Dušan Trančík

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