

The Joke
6.4(43)19691h 17m1
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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- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Czech
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- politics
- restaurant
- postcard
- revenge
- memory
- pickaxe
- hard labor
- communist party
- voted out
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Czechoslovakia
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DocAlliance Films
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Release dates
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalDigitally restored14 Jul 2022
XCXC
- Theatrical28 Feb 1969
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The Joke was released on 28 February 1969.
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