The Joke(Žert)
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Czechoslovakia · 1969
1h 17m
Director Jaromil Jireš
Starring Josef Somr, Jana Dítětová, Luděk Munzar, Evald Schorm
Genre Comedy, Drama
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In the 1950's, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students due to 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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