Žert = The joke / Ustřední Půjčovna Filmu V Praze uvádí ; produkce, Miloš Stejskal ; scénář napsali, Milan Kundera, Jaromil Jireš, Zdenek Blaha ; režie, Jaromil Jireš.

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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, b...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Czech new wave.
Corporate Authors:	Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic) Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001 Kundera, Milan Bláha, Zdeněk, 1925-1978 Somr, Josef Obermaierová, Jaroslava, 1946- Dítětová, Jana, 1926-1991 Hanzlík, Jaromír, 1948- Křesadlová, Věra Munzar, Luděk Schorm, Evald, 1931-1988 Čuřík, Jan, 1924-1996 Pololáník, Zdeněk, 1935-
Language:	Czech English
Language of the Original:	Czech
Language and/or Writing System:	In Czech with yellow English subtitles.
Published:	Chicago : Facets Video, [2001], ©2001.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Czech new wave.
Subjects:	Irony > Drama. Communism > Drama. Feature films > Czechoslovakia. Motion pictures, Czech. Foreign films > Czechoslovakia. Film adaptations.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films Motion pictures, Czech. Foreign films Film adaptations.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Joke. [Parallel title]
Format:	Video DVD

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