Description |
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
Czech new wave
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System Details |
DVD. |
Language |
In Czech with yellow English subtitles. |
Cast |
Josef Somr, Jaroslava Obermaierova, Jana Ditetova, Jaromir Hanzlik, Vera Kresadlova, Ludek 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 Zert 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 Jires filmography, and biographical sketches of Jires and Milan Kundera. |
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 |
Jires, Jaromil, 1935-2001.
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Stejskal, Milos.
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Kundera, Milan.
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Blaha, Zdenek, 1925-1978.
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Somr, Josef.
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Obermaierova, Jaroslava, 1946-
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Ditetova, Jana, 1926-1991.
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Hanzlik, Jaromir, 1948-
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Kresadlova, Vera.
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Munzar, Ludek.
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Schorm, Evald, 1931-1988.
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Curik, Jan, 1924-1996.
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Pololanik, Zdenek, 1935-
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Kundera, Milan.
Zert
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Ustredni pujcovna filmu (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Facets Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Joke |
ISBN |
1565802918 |
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9781565802919 |
Standard No. |
736899008338 |
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