The Joke

6.5
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 77 min
  • Premiere: 1969. February 28.

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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Art

Ladislav Winkelhöfer

Set Decoration

Karel Kracík

Set Decoration

Vladimír Ježek

Set Decoration

Leoš Karen

Production Design

Camera

Jan Kuděla

Still Photographer

Jiří Polák

Camera Operator

Stanislav Šťastný

Assistant Camera

Jana Císařová

Clapper Loader

Jan Čuřík

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Anna Volšičková

Makeup & Hair

Stanislav Petřek

Makeup & Hair

Rudolf Buneš

Makeup & Hair

Helena Anýžová

Costume Design

Crew

Zdeněk Bláha

Dramaturgy

Directing

Jaromil Jireš

Director

Ivana Skabranská

Assistant Director

Eliška Štíbrová

Assistant Director

Dagmar Švejdova

Assistant Director

Vladimír Drha

First Assistant Director

Editing

Milada Malínská

Assistant Editor

Marie Tillerová

Assistant Editor

Production

Renée Lavecká

Unit Production Manager

Miloš Stejskal

Production Manager

Bohumil Šmída

Executive Producer

Antonín Suchánek

Assistant Production Manager

Jiří Holeček

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Zdeněk Pololáník

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jaromil Jireš

Screenplay

Milan Kundera

Screenplay

Ladislav Fikar

Creative Producer