Josef Somr is a Czech actor known for his work in theatre and film. He gained wide recognition for his lead role as Ludvík in Jaromil Jireš's film The Joke (Žert, 1968), based on Milan Kundera's debut novel. He is considered one of the notable faces of the Czech New Wave cinema.
A newly restored historical drama about two spiritual seekers caught between dogmatic asceticism and the desire for freedom in 13th-century Bohemia.
A rarely appreciated 1977 film by František Vláčila about internal emigration and personal resignation, starring Rudolf Hrušínský.
Jaromil Jireš's acclaimed film adaptation of Kundera's debut novel explores human powerlessness amid Stalinist repression, using innovative narrative techniques to weave past and present.
