The Joke
Zert
1969, Film, 80 min, Comedy, Drama, Czech, 0, MoviePedia score 65
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.
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Directed by Jaromil Jireš
Cast
- Josef Somr as Ludvík Jahn
- Jana Dítětová as Helena Zemánková
- Luděk Munzar as Pavel Zemánek
- Jaroslava Obermaierová as Markéta
- Milan Svrcina as Jaroslav
- Milos Rejchrt as Alexej
- Evald Schorm as Kostka
- Věra Křesadlová as Brozová
- Jaromír Hanzlík as Lieutenant
- Michal Pavlata as Jindra
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