| Description |
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Czech new wave |
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Czech new wave.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Josef Somr, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Jana Dítětová, Jaromir Hanzlík, Věra Křesadlová, Luděk Munzar, Evald Schorm. |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Jan Curik ; original music by Zdenek Pololanik. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. |
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Adapted from the novel Žert by Milan Kundera. |
| Summary |
Set in Stalinist Czechoslovakia during the 1950s, this tragicomedy revolves around the consequences of a single joke: a young man, is expelled from university and the Communist party and sentenced to six years hard labor for an irreverent postcard he sends to a lady friend. This leaves him cynical, bitter, and out for revenge. |
| Note |
DVD options include full chapterization, a Jaromil Jireš filmography, and biographical sketches of Jireš and Milan Kundera. |
| Language |
In Czech with yellow English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Irony -- Drama.
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Communism -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Czechoslovakia.
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Motion pictures, Czech.
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Foreign films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001.
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Stejskal, Miloš.
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Kundera, Milan.
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Bláha, Zdeněk.
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Somr, Josef.
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Obermaierová, Jaroslava, 1946-
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Dítětová, Jana, 1926-1991.
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Hanzlík, Jaromír, 1948-
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Křesadlová, Věra.
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Munzar, Luděk.
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Schorm, Evald, 1931-1988.
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Čuřík, Jan, 1924-1996.
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Pololáník, Zdeněk, 1935-
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Kundera, Milan.
Žert. English.
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Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Facets Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Joke |
| ISBN |
1565802918 |
| Standard No. |
736899008338 |
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