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The Joke

Nizami Musayev

1990 • 2h 16m

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.

The Joke

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rasim BalayevRahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Ceyhun MirzäyevMammadov

Yashar Nuri

Yashar NuriMammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Mukhtar ManiyevKarimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Xuraman HadjiyevaKhalilova

Elena Kostina

Elena KostinaAlya

Aleksandr Sharovski

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Latifa AliyevaMother

Lala BagirovaRimma

Ajdar Hamidov

Ajdar HamidovAhmad

Rafik Aliyev

Rafik AliyevKomsomol leader

Arif Kerimov

Arif KerimovMurtuzov

Nizami MusayevDunyaminov

Sadykh Gusejnov

Sadykh Gusejnovretired lieutenant colonel

Crew

Rovshan Aghayev

Rovshan AghayevScreenplay

Kamil Najafzadeh

Kamil NajafzadehProduction Design

Javanshir Guliyev

Javanshir GuliyevMusic

Ramiz Fataliyev

Ramiz FataliyevScript Editor

Ramiz Babayev

Ramiz BabayevSet Photographer

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