The Joke
Jaromil Jireš’s brilliant adaptation of Milan Kundera’s novel tells the fragmentary tale of a man expelled from the Communist Party because of a political joke. After “rehabilitation” in the mines and a stint in prison, he hatches a revenge plot against the former friend who betrayed him. Made near the end of the Czech New Wave, The Joke is acknowledged as one of its greatest works.
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Cast
- Josef Somr
- Ludvik Jahn
- Jana Ditětová
- Helena Zemánková
- Luděk Munzar
- Pavel Zemánek
- Jaroslava Obermaierová
- Markéta
- Milan Svrcina
- Jaroslav
- Miloš Rejchrt
- Alexej
- Evald Schorm
- Kostka
- Věra Kresadlová
- Brožová
- Michal Pavlata
- Jindra
Credits
- Director
- Jaromil Jireš
- Assistant director
- Eliska Stibrová
- Screenplay
- Milan Kundera
- Screenplay
- Jaromil Jireš
- From the novel by
- Milan Kundera
- Cinematography
- Jan Curík
- Art direction
- Ladislav Winkelhöffer
- Art direction
- Karel Kracík
- Editor
- Josef Valušiak
- Music
- Zdeněk Pololáník
- Costumes
- Helena Anyžová
- Costumes
- Zdena Šnajdarová
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