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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
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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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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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