In the 1950s, 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.
Directed by Jaromil Jireš
adultery
based on novel or book
politics
restaurant
postcard
revenge
memory
pickaxe
hard labor
communist party
voted out
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn
Jana Dítětová
Helena Zemánková
Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa
Evald Schorm
Kostka
Věra Křesadlová
Věra
Jaromír Hanzlík
Lieutenant
Michal Pavlata
Jindra
Dušan Trančík
Lenka Termerová
Petr Pelzer
Bohuslav Čáp
Jaroslav (voice)
Crew
Jaromil Jireš
Director
Milan Kundera
Screenplay
Jaromil Jireš
Screenplay
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Milan Kundera
Novel
Helena Anýžová
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
transcendentalbooks
7.0★ · 12/04/25
sure u will be lost carving for revenge but not for ur whole life
sure u will be lost carving for revenge but not for ur whole life
Paul Willeke
7.0★ · 05/07/25
The editing and the switching between the timelines were pretty good but overall the story don’t completely work.
The editing and the switching between the timelines were pretty good but overall the story don’t completely work.
Sophie
10.0★ · 04/15/25
to be honest if i was him id totally have done the same thing
to be honest if i was him id totally have done the same thing
