The Joke

Directed by Nizami Musayev, Yefim Abramov

Written by Rovshan Aghayev, Nusrat Kasamanli, Ramiz Fataliyev

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.

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina

Alya

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

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Lala Bagirova

Rimma

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad

Rafik Aliyev

Komsomol leader