The Joke (1969)
1h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 1969Release Date
The Joke (1969)
1h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 1969Release Date
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.
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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)
Josef Valušiak
Editor
Zdeněk Pololáník
Original Music Composer
Milan Kundera
Novel / Screenplay
Jaromil Jireš
Screenplay / Director
Jan Čuřík
Director of Photography
Zdeněk Bláha
Dramaturgy
Eliška Štíbrová
Assistant Director
Ivana Skabranská
Assistant Director
Dagmar Švejdova
Assistant Director
Jiří Polák
Camera Operator
Stanislav Šťastný
Assistant Camera
Leoš Karen
Production Design
Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration
Karel Kracík
Set Decoration
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Helena Anýžová
Costume Design
Zdena Šnajdarová
Costumer
Nita Romanečová
Costumer
Naděžda Ptáčková
Costumer
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
Rudolf Buneš
Makeup & Hair
Anna Volšičková
Makeup & Hair
Adam Kajzar
Sound
Miloš Stejskal
Production Manager
Renée Lavecká
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Holeček
Unit Production Manager
Antonín Suchánek
Assistant Production Manager
Jan Kuděla
Still Photographer
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Milada Malínská
Assistant Editor
Marie Tillerová
Assistant Editor
Jana Císařová
Clapper Loader
Milan Bajza
Zdeněk Kulhánek
Miroslav Souček
Karel Piškytl
Jaroslav Čech
Manuela Gogolová
Jan Nykl
Lubomír Svatoš
Antonín Málek
Zdeněk Lipovčan
Karel Kryška
Zdeněk Kopal
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
Emil Haluška
Jiří Cimický
Michal Knapčík
Jarin Staněk
Vincenc Moštěk
František Vyhlíd
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 28, 1969
Original NameŽert
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Genres
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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