The Joke (1989)

  • NR
  • 12/01/1989 (SU)
  • Comedy
  • 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.

Nizami Musayev

Director

Yefim Abramov

Director

Rovshan Aghayev

Screenplay

Cast

Rasim Balayev's headshot

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov
Jeyhun Mirzayev's headshot

Jeyhun Mirzayev

Mammadov
Yashar Nuri's headshot

Yashar Nuri

Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev's headshot

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva's headshot

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova
Elena Kostina's headshot

Elena Kostina

Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski's headshot

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov's headshot

Loghman Karimov

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