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The Joke (1969)

The Joke (1969)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1969, February 28
Directors: Jaromil Jireš
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Jaroslava Obermaierová, Jaroslav Satoranský, Iva Janžurová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr, Michal Pavlata, Luděk Munzar, Věra Křesadlová, Jana Andresíková, Vladimír Čech, Bohuslav Čáp, Vlasta Jelínková

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.

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