The Joke
5.8(6) 1990-01-10 136 minComedy
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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Rasim Balayev
as Rahimov
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
as Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
as Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
as Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
as Khalilova
Elena Kostina
as Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
as —
Loghman Karimov
as —
Latifa Aliyeva
as Mother
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Lala Bagirova
as Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
as Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
as Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
as Murtuzov
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Nizami Musayev
as Dunyaminov
Sadykh Gusejnov
as retired lieutenant colonel
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Tarlan Babayev
as Painter
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Ogtay Suleymanov
as Factory Worker
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Sahib Guluzadeh
as —
Alla Sannikova
as —
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Igor Sannikov
as —
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Alim Aslanov
as Nazarov
Dadash Kazimov
as Elevator Operator
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Faig Babayev
as Factory Director
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Asiman Agayev
as Stalin
