The Joke (1969)
1h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 1969Release Date
The Joke (1969)
1h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 1969Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.



Currently The Joke is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: DocAlliance Films, Criterion Channel, Klassiki
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová
Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa

Evald Schorm
Kostka

Milan Svrčina
Jaroslav

Miloš Rejchrt
Alexej

Věra Křesadlová
Věra

Jaromír Hanzlík
Lieutenant

Michal Pavlata
Jindra

Jiří Sýkora

Zdeněk Bláha
Writer

Svatopluk Bimka
Clarinetist

Bohuslav Čáp
Jaroslav (voice)

Iva Janžurová
Věra (voice)

Jaroslav Satoranský
Clarinetist (voice)

Vlasta Jelínková
Old Woman (voice)

Jana Andresíková
Broadcast (voice)

Vladimír Čech
Voice (voice)

Milan Friedl
Voice (voice)

Milan Kundera
Screenplay / Novel

Josef Valušiak
Editor

Jaromil Jireš
Director / Screenplay

Zdeněk Pololáník
Original Music Composer

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

Jiří Polák
Camera Operator

Zdena Šnajdarová
Costumer

Miloš Stejskal
Production Manager

Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration

Helena Anýžová
Costume Design

Ivana Skabranská
Assistant Director

Rudolf Buneš
Makeup & Hair

Renée Lavecká
Unit Production Manager

Stanislav Šťastný
Assistant Camera

Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer

Nita Romanečová
Costumer

Anna Volšičková
Makeup & Hair

Naděžda Ptáčková
Costumer

Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration

Jan Kuděla
Still Photographer

Adam Kajzar
Sound

Antonín Suchánek
Assistant Production Manager

Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer

Zdeněk Bláha
Dramaturgy

Marie Tillerová
Assistant Editor

Milada Malínská
Assistant Editor

Jana Císařová
Clapper Loader

Jan Čuřík
Director of Photography

Jiří Cimický

Emil Haluška

Josef Žluťák Hrubý

Miroslav Souček

Zdeněk Kulhánek

Tomáš Škrdlant

Horymír Sušic

Zdeněk Lipovčan

Michal Knapčík

Jan Nykl

Lubomír Svatoš

Karel Kryška

Zdeněk Kopal

Jarin Staněk

Vincenc Moštěk

František Vyhlíd

Václav Svěrák

Jan Svoboda

Dušan Trančík

Petr Hrobař

Josef Vrzala

Vlastimil Chejn

Antonín Málek

Petr Pelzer

Milan Bajza

Jan Vančura

Stanislav Litera

Jiří Štíbr

Karel Piškytl

Jaroslav Čech

Josef Anderle

Josef Slavík

Vladimír Drha
First Assistant Director

Manuela Gogolová

Rostislav Volf
Media.






Details.
Release DateFebruary 28, 1969
Original NameŽert
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
adultery
based on novel or book
restaurant
politics
postcard
revenge
memory
pickaxe
hard labor
communist party
voted out
expulsion
Wiki.
The Joke (Czech: Žert) is a 1969 Czechoslovak film by director Jaromil Jireš. It is considered one of the last films of the Czech New Wave movement.
Based on Milan Kundera's 1967 novel of the same name, The Joke tells the story of Ludvík Jahn, a man expelled from the Czechoslovak Communist Party for an idle joke to his girlfriend, and the revenge he later seeks through adultery. The film was produced during the political liberalization of the 1968 Prague Spring and contains many scenes which satirize and criticize the country's communist leadership. Amos Vogel wrote that the film was "possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country".
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