CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 2h 16m

The Joke

58%(6)IMDbComedy

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 byYefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 16m
Language
AZ
Released
January 10, 1990
Studios
AzerbaijanfilmTiskino

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Rasim Balayev

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina

Elena Kostina

Alya

Aleksandr Sharovski

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

Lala Bagirova

Rimma

Creative team
Directed by
Yefim Abramov
Nizami Musayev
Written by
Rovshan Aghayev
Rovshan Aghayev

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