---
title: 'The Joke (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jaromil Jireš'
released: '1969-02-28'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-joke-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065241/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Joke (1969)

1969 · 80 min · Drama, Comedy · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Žert

## Synopsis

The Joke is a 1969 Czechoslovak film by director Jaromil Jireš. It is considered one of the last films of the Czech New Wave movement.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires)
- **Screenplay:** [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires), [Milan Kundera](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-kundera)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zdeněk Pololáník](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-pololanik)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Čuřík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-curik)
- **Editor:** [Josef Valušiak](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-valusiak)

## Cast

- [Zdeněk Kulhánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-kulhanek)
- [Josef Anderle](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-anderle)
- [Jaroslav Satoranský](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-satoransky)
- [Manuela Gogolová](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-gogolova)
- [Vincenc Moštěk](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenc-mostek)
- [Dušan Trančík](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusan-trancik)
- [Jiří Cimický](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-cimicky)
- [Jiří Sýkora](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sykora)
- [Jaroslav Čech](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-cech)
- [Horymír Sušic](https://cinepixo.com/people/horymir-susic)
- [Ferdinand Šnajberk](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-snajberk)
- [Bohuslav Čáp](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohuslav-cap)
- [Michal Knapčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-knapcik)
- [Iva Janžurová](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-janzurova)
- [Svatopluk Binka](https://cinepixo.com/people/svatopluk-binka)

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