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Hammer & Tickle

The story of a political system that was laughed out of existence.

2007 1h 29m 7.4Movie

Hammer & Tickle: The Communist Joke Book is a 2006 propaganda documentary film about "jokes" under the Soviet Union.

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Ben Lewis

Director, Writer

Top Cast

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Self

Roy Medvedev

Self

Günter Schabowski

Self

Peter Sodann

Peter Sodann

Self

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Václav Havel

Václav Havel

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)