The Joke (1990)
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.
Year
1990
Country
SU
Language
Azerbaijani
Release date
10 January 1990
TMDB
5.8 (6)
CineVerse
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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
L
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
Murtuzov
N
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadykh Gusejnov
retired lieutenant colonel
T
Tarlan Babayev
Painter
O
Ogtay Suleymanov
Factory Worker
S
Sahib Guluzadeh
Alla Sannikova
I
Igor Sannikov
A
Alim Aslanov
Nazarov
Dadash Kazimov
Elevator Operator
F
Faig Babayev
Factory Director
A
Asiman Agayev
Stalin
Najiba Huseynova
Mother (voice)
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