The Joke

The Joke

1990•2h 16m•4.8/10

Comedy

Ratings

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4.8/10(4)

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.

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Production

Azerbaijanfilm, Tiskino

Language

AZ

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina

Elena Kostina

Alya

Aleksandr Sharovski

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

Lala Bagirova

Rimma

Ajdar Hamidov

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad

Rafik Aliyev

Rafik Aliyev

Komsomol leader

Arif Kerimov

Arif Kerimov

Murtuzov

Nizami Musayev

Dunyaminov

Sadykh Gusejnov

Sadykh Gusejnov

retired lieutenant colonel

Tarlan Babayev

Painter

Ogtay Suleymanov

Factory Worker

Sahib Guluzadeh

Alla Sannikova

Alla Sannikova

Igor Sannikov

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