In the 1950's, 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 ...
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Josef Somr | ... | Ludvik Jahn | |
| Jana Dítetová | ... | Helena Zemánková | |
| Ludek Munzar | ... | Pavel Zemánek | |
| Evald Schorm | ... | Kostka | |
| Vera Kresadlová | ... | Brozová | |
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Milan Svrcina | ... | Jaroslav (as Milan Svrciva) |
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Milos Rejchrt | ... | Alexej |
| Jaromír Hanzlík | ... | Lieutenant | |
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Jirí Sýkora | ... | Cenek |
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Michal Knapcik | ... | Soldier |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jana Andresíková | ... | (voice) | |
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Jaroslav Blazek | ||
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Vladimír Cech | ... | (voice) |
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Jirí Cimický | ... | Soldier |
| Bohuslav Cáp | ... | (voice) | |
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In the 1950's, 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. Written by Will Gilbert
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28 February 1969 (Czechoslovakia) See more »Also Known As:
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A movie adaptation that succeeds by remaining true to the novel's theme while telling the story with an exciting new structure and style. As opposed to the novel's use of more conventional flashback passages, in the film the past seems to attack Ludvik Jahn -- played brilliantly by Josef Somr of CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS -- from all sides, as the past echoes inescapably through the world of the present. It also doesn't hurt, I suppose, that Kundera himself co-wrote the screenplay.