

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.
Movie Details
Languages
Czech
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
Key Crew

Jaromil Jireš
Screenplay

Milan Kundera
Screenplay

Jaromil Jireš
Director

Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Cast

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
Michal Knapčík
Jiří Cimický
Emil Haluška
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
Jiří Štíbr
Stanislav Litera
Václav Svěrák
Jan Svoboda

Dušan Trančík