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The Joke

1969 · 77 min

Comedy · Drama

★ 6.5
Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

  • Director Jaromil Jireš
  • Screenplay Milan Kundera
  • Screenplay Jaromil Jireš
  • Director of Photography Jan Čuřík

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Intermission

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