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The Joke
The Joke

The Joke

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

77 mins

Rating

6.363/10

Release Date

28 February 1969

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Josef Somr

Josef Somr

Ludvik Jahn

Jana Dítětová

Jana Dítětová

Helena Zemánková

Luděk Munzar

Luděk Munzar

Pavel Zemánek

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Marketa

Evald Schorm

Evald Schorm

Kostka

Milan Svrčina

Milan Svrčina

Jaroslav

Miloš Rejchrt

Miloš Rejchrt

Alexej

Věra Křesadlová

Věra Křesadlová

Věra

Jaromír Hanzlík

Jaromír Hanzlík

Lieutenant

Michal Pavlata

Michal Pavlata

Jindra

Jiří Sýkora

Jiří Sýkora

Michal Knapčík

Michal Knapčík

Jiří Cimický

Jiří Cimický

Emil Haluška

Emil Haluška

Josef Žluťák Hrubý

Josef Žluťák Hrubý

Jiří Štíbr

Jiří Štíbr

Stanislav Litera

Stanislav Litera

Václav Svěrák

Václav Svěrák

Jan Svoboda

Jan Svoboda

Dušan Trančík

Dušan Trančík

Rostislav Volf

Rostislav Volf

Lenka Termerová

Lenka Termerová

Ferdinand Šnajberk

Ferdinand Šnajberk

Jaroslav Blažek

Jaroslav Blažek

Manuela Gogolová

Manuela Gogolová

Svatopluk Bimka

Svatopluk Bimka

Clarinetist

František Vyhlíd

František Vyhlíd

Horymír Sušic

Horymír Sušic

Jaroslav Čech

Jaroslav Čech

Karel Piškytl

Karel Piškytl

Lubomír Svatoš

Lubomír Svatoš

Jan Nykl

Jan Nykl

Jarin Staněk

Jarin Staněk

Petr Hrobař

Petr Hrobař

Josef Vrzala

Josef Vrzala

Josef Anderle

Josef Anderle

Jan Vančura

Jan Vančura

Milan Bajza

Milan Bajza

Vlastimil Chejn

Vlastimil Chejn

Zdeněk Kopal

Zdeněk Kopal

Karel Kryška

Karel Kryška

Zdeněk Lipovčan

Zdeněk Lipovčan

Antonín Málek

Antonín Málek

Petr Pelzer

Petr Pelzer

Josef Slavík

Josef Slavík

Tomáš Škrdlant

Tomáš Škrdlant

Zdeněk Kulhánek

Zdeněk Kulhánek

Miroslav Souček

Miroslav Souček

Vladimír Drha

Vladimír Drha

Vincenc Moštěk

Vincenc Moštěk

Bohuslav Čáp

Bohuslav Čáp

Jaroslav (voice)

Iva Janžurová

Iva Janžurová

Věra (voice)

Jaroslav Satoranský

Jaroslav Satoranský

Clarinetist (voice)

Vlasta Jelínková

Vlasta Jelínková

Old Woman (voice)

Jana Andresíková

Jana Andresíková

Broadcast (voice)

Vladimír Čech

Vladimír Čech

Voice (voice)

Milan Friedl

Milan Friedl

Voice (voice)

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