The Joke
movie

Released February 28, 1969
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.
Cast

Josef Somr
as
Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová
as
Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar
as
Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová
as
Marketa

Evald Schorm
as
Kostka
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Milan Svrčina
as
Jaroslav
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Miloš Rejchrt
as
Alexej

Věra Křesadlová
as
Věra

Jaromír Hanzlík
as
Lieutenant

Michal Pavlata
as
Jindra
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Jiří Sýkora
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Michal Knapčík
Crew

Milan Kundera
as
Screenplay
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Josef Valušiak
as
Editor

Jaromil Jireš
as
Director

Jaromil Jireš
as
Screenplay
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Zdeněk Pololáník
as
Original Music Composer

Milan Kundera
as
Novel
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Karel Kracík
as
Set Decoration
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Leoš Karen
as
Production Design
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Stanislav Petřek
as
Makeup & Hair
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Jiří Holeček
as
Unit Production Manager
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Dagmar Švejdova
as
Assistant Director
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Eliška Štíbrová
as
Assistant Director