10 Things I Learned: Pearls of the Czech New Wave
By May 04, 2012
Film Info
- Czechoslovakia
- 1969
- 81 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Czech
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.
Cast
| Ludvik Jahn | Josef Somr |
| Helena Zemánková | Jana Ditětová |
| Pavel Zemánek | Luděk Munzar |
| Markéta | Jaroslava Obermaierová |
| Jaroslav | Milan Svrcina |
| Alexej | Miloš Rejchrt |
| Kostka | Evald Schorm |
| Brožová | Věra Kresadlová |
| Jindra | Michal Pavlata |
Credits
| Director | Jaromil Jireš |
| Assistant director | Eliska Stibrová |
| Screenplay | Milan Kundera and Jaromil Jireš |
| From the novel by | Milan Kundera |
| Cinematography | Jan Curík |
| Art direction | Ladislav Winkelhöffer and Karel Kracík |
| Editor | Josef Valušiak |
| Music | Zdeněk Pololáník |
| Costumes | Helena Anyžová and Zdena Šnajdarová |
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