Žert = = The joke
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Chicago : Facets Video, 2001.
ISBN
1565802918
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | DVD FOREIGN CZECH JOKE | On Shelf |
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Published
Chicago : Facets Video, 2001.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Czech
ISBN
1565802918
UPC
736899008338
Notes
General Note
Adapted from the novel Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
General Note
DVD options include full chapterization, a Jaromil Jireš filmography, and biographical sketches of Jireš and Milan Kundera.
Creation/Production Credits
Directed by Jaromil Jireš ; written by Milan Kundera, Jaromil Jireš and Zdenek Blaha ; produced by Milos Stejskal ; cinematography by Jan Curik ; orginal music by Zdenek Pololanik.
Participants/Performers
Josef Somr, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Jana Dítětová, Jaromir Hanzlík, Věra Křesadlová, Luděk Munzar, Evald Schorm.
Description
Tragicomedy that revolves around a single joke: a professor, who is also an unrepentant ladies' man, is sentenced to six years hard labor for an irreverant postcard he sends to a woman he is trying to seduce. A stunning vision of life in Czechoslovakia during the Stalinist 50s.
Language
In Czech with English subtitles.
Local note
DVD
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kundera, M., Jireš, J., Somr, J., Munzar, L., Dítětová, J., & Křesadlová, V. (2001). Žert = =: The joke . Facets Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Milan. Kundera et al.. 2001. Žert = =: The Joke. Chicago: Facets Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Milan. Kundera et al.. Žert = =: The Joke Chicago: Facets Video, 2001.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Kundera, M., Jireš, J., Somr, J., Munzar, L., Dítětová, J. and Křesadlová, V. (2001). Žert = =: the joke. Chicago: Facets Video.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kundera, Milan., et al. Žert = =: The Joke Facets Video, 2001.
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