

The Joke
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
77 min
Release Date
1969-02-28
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
39
Vote Average
6.5
Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn
Jana Dítětová
Helena Zemánková
Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa
Evald Schorm
Kostka
Milan Svrčina
Jaroslav
Miloš Rejchrt
Alexej
Věra Křesadlová
Věra
Jaromír Hanzlík
Lieutenant
Michal Pavlata
Jindra
Jiří Sýkora
Michal Knapčík
Jiří Cimický
Emil Haluška
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
Jiří Štíbr
Stanislav Litera
Václav Svěrák
Jan Svoboda
Dušan Trančík
Rostislav Volf
Lenka Termerová
Ferdinand Šnajberk
Jaroslav Blažek
Manuela Gogolová
Svatopluk Bimka
Clarinetist
František Vyhlíd
Horymír Sušic
Jaroslav Čech
Karel Piškytl
Lubomír Svatoš
Jan Nykl
Jarin Staněk
Petr Hrobař
Josef Vrzala
Josef Anderle
Jan Vančura
Milan Bajza
Vlastimil Chejn
Zdeněk Kopal
Karel Kryška
Zdeněk Lipovčan
Antonín Málek
Petr Pelzer
Josef Slavík
Tomáš Škrdlant
Zdeněk Kulhánek
Miroslav Souček
Vladimír Drha
Vincenc Moštěk
Bohuslav Čáp
Jaroslav (voice)
Iva Janžurová
Věra (voice)
Jaroslav Satoranský
Clarinetist (voice)
Vlasta Jelínková
Old Woman (voice)
Jana Andresíková
Broadcast (voice)
Vladimír Čech
Voice (voice)
Milan Friedl
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