The Joke
Original title: Zert
ComedyDrama
⭐ 7.1 / 10(1,891)
Expelled from university and Communist Party in the 1950s over a note to his girlfriend, Ludvik seeks revenge 15 years later by pursuing Helena, his accuser's wife.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Released
- 1969
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
Details
Release year: 1969
Storyline
Expelled from university and Communist Party in the 1950s over a note to his girlfriend, Ludvik seeks revenge 15 years later by pursuing Helena, his accuser's wife.
Top credits
Directors
Cast
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Josef Somr — Ludvík Jahn
Jana Dítětová — Helena Zemánková
Luděk Munzar — Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová — Markéta
Did you know
• Lenka Termerová's debut.
User reviews
⭐ 8/10
adultery as a way of being dissident
👍 29 · 10/9/2004
⭐ 8/10
"A marriage of intellectuals."
👍 4 · 4/16/2016
⭐ 7/10
Milan Kundera, actor Josef Somr and director Jiromil Jires contribute to a significant film
👍 6 · 7/17/2023
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
