Comedy
The Joke
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 Yefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev
58
User score
6 votes
Status
Released
Released
January 10, 1990
Runtime
2h 16m
Language
Azerbaijani, Russian
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
Mother
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadykh Gusejnov
retired lieutenant colonel
Tarlan Babayev
Painter
Ogtay Suleymanov
Factory Worker
Sahib Guluzadeh
Alla Sannikova
Igor Sannikov
