The Joke

4.8(4 votes)

January 10, 1990

2h 16m

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.

Director

Yefim Abramov

Writers

Rovshan Aghayev, Ramiz Fataliyev, Nusrat Kasamanli

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

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The Joke

Overview

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Yashar Nuri

Mukhtar Maniyev

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Elena Kostina

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Lala Bagirova

Ajdar Hamidov

Rafik Aliyev

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