The Joke

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The Joke

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.

Jan 10, 1990136 minReleasedAZ

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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

Acting

Loghman Karimov

Loghman Karimov

Acting

Latifa Aliyeva

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

Ajdar Hamidov

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad

Rafik Aliyev

Rafik Aliyev

Komsomol leader

Arif Kerimov

Arif Kerimov

Murtuzov

Sadykh Gusejnov

Sadykh Gusejnov

retired lieutenant colonel

Alla Sannikova

Alla Sannikova

Acting

Dadash Kazimov

Dadash Kazimov

Elevator Operator

Najiba Huseynova

Najiba Huseynova

Mother (voice)

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