The Joke
Venue
Address
Origin
Czechoslovakia
Original name
Žert
Entry
CZK 120
Event website
Venue's website
Length
82 min.
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Release
1968
Rating
75 %
Cast
Josef Somr, Jana Dítětová, Luděk Munzar, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Evald Schorm, Milan Svrčina, Miloš Rejchrt, Věra Křesadlová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Michal Pavlata, Jiří Sýkora, Jiří Cimický, Emil Haluška, Josef Žluťák Hrubý, Michal Knapčík, Stanislav Litera, Jiří Štíbr, Václav Svěrák, Jan Svoboda, Dušan Trančík, Rostislav Volf
In the 1950's, 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.