Movie·1969·77 min
The Joke
The Joke streams in the US on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films and Klassiki, as of October 6, 2026.
6.5 / 10 · TMDB
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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