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6.5In 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.
Released: 1969-02-2877 minDir: Jaromil JirešComedy, Drama
Cast
- Josef Somr as Ludvik Jahn
- Jana Dítětová as Helena Zemánková
- Luděk Munzar as Pavel Zemánek
- Jaroslava Obermaierová as Marketa
- Evald Schorm as Kostka
- Milan Svrčina as Jaroslav
Themes
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- politics
- restaurant
- postcard
- revenge
- memory
- pickaxe
- hard labor
- communist party
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- parable
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- Original language
- Czech
- Based on
- The Joke
- Director
- Jaromil Jireš
- Screenwriter
- Milan Kundera
- Cinematographer
- Jan Čuřík
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 677041
- Image
- Kino Hvězda, 50th Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště in 2024 15.jpg
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- publication date
- 1969-02-28
- title
- Žert
- after a work by
- Milan Kundera
- has characteristic
- film adaptation
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