The Joke

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Josef Somr

Ludvik Jahn

Age : 90 | Popularity : 33%

Jana Dítětová

Helena Zemánková

Age : 65 | Popularity : 12%

Luděk Munzar

Pavel Zemánek

Age : 85 | Popularity : 19%

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Marketa

Age : 78 | Popularity : 15%

Evald Schorm

Kostka

Age : 56 | Popularity : 21%

Milan Svrčina

Jaroslav

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Miloš Rejchrt

Alexej

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Věra Křesadlová

Věra

Age : 80 | Popularity : 11%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jaromil Jireš
	First Assistant Director	Vladimír Drha
	Assistant Director	Eliška Štíbrová Ivana Skabranská Dagmar Švejdova
Writing	Screenplay	Jaromil Jireš Milan Kundera
	Novel	Milan Kundera
	Creative Producer	Ladislav Fikar
Sound	Original Music Composer	Zdeněk Pololáník
	Sound	Adam Kajzar
Editing	Editor	Josef Valušiak
	Assistant Editor	Milada Malínská Marie Tillerová
Camera	Director of Photography	Jan Čuřík
	Camera Operator	Jiří Polák
	Assistant Camera	Stanislav Šťastný
	Still Photographer	Jan Kuděla
	Clapper Loader	Jana Císařová
Crew	Dramaturgy	Zdeněk Bláha
Art	Production Design	Leoš Karen
	Set Decoration	Vladimír Ježek Karel Kracík Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Helena Anýžová
	Costumer	Zdena Šnajdarová Nita Romanečová Naděžda Ptáčková
	Makeup & Hair	Stanislav Petřek Rudolf Buneš Anna Volšičková
Production	Production Manager	Miloš Stejskal
	Unit Production Manager	Renée Lavecká Jiří Holeček
	Assistant Production Manager	Antonín Suchánek
	Executive Producer	Bohumil Šmída
Department	Role	Name

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