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The Joke
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The Joke

1990-01-10 · 136 min · ★ 5.8

Comedy

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.

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Production details

Directors
Yefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev
Production companies
Azerbaijanfilm, Tiskino
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rasim BalayevRasim BalayevRahimov
Ceyhun MirzäyevCeyhun MirzäyevMammadov
Yashar NuriYashar NuriMammad
Mukhtar ManiyevMukhtar ManiyevKarimov
Xuraman HadjiyevaXuraman HadjiyevaKhalilova
Elena KostinaElena KostinaAlya
Aleksandr SharovskiAleksandr Sharovski
Loghman KarimovLoghman Karimov
Latifa AliyevaLatifa AliyevaMother
Lala BagirovaRimma
Ajdar HamidovAjdar HamidovAhmad
Rafik AliyevRafik AliyevKomsomol leader
Arif KerimovArif KerimovMurtuzov
Nizami MusayevDunyaminov
Sadykh GusejnovSadykh Gusejnovretired lieutenant colonel
Tarlan BabayevPainter
Ogtay SuleymanovFactory Worker
Sahib Guluzadeh
Alla SannikovaAlla Sannikova
Igor Sannikov

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