The Joke
5.8
6 votes
1990
2h 16m
Comedy
Overview
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.
Directed by Nizami Musayev, Yefim Abramov
Top 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
MotherL
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
MurtuzovN
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadykh Gusejnov
retired lieutenant colonelT
Tarlan Babayev
PainterO
Ogtay Suleymanov
Factory WorkerS
Sahib Guluzadeh
Alla Sannikova
I
Igor Sannikov
Details
Status
Released
Release date
January 10, 1990
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Azerbaijani, Russian
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