The Joke
1990•2h 16m•5.8•Released
Comedy
Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
Director
Yefim Abramov
Writer
Rovshan Aghayev
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian
Studio
Azerbaijanfilm
Cast
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Elena Kostina
Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
Loghman Karimov
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadykh Gusejnov
retired lieutenant colonel
Production
Company
Azerbaijanfilm
Company
Tiskino
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