The regime that couldn't take a joke — and the citizens who weaponized laughter.
Hammer & Tickle: The Communist Joke Book is a 2006 propaganda documentary film about "jokes" under the Soviet Union.
Direction
Lewis finds poetry in grainy smuggled tapes and nervous laughter.
Production
Rare access to politicians who helped dismantle what they once enforced.
Writing
Jokes so sharp they literally collapsed governments. No hyperbole.
Director
Ben Lewis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
US
