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The Joke

2h 16min

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.

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Tiskino

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov
Jeyhun Mirzayev

Jeyhun Mirzayev

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 Baghirova

Lala Baghirova

Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad
Rafig Aliyev

Rafig Aliyev

Komsomol leader
Arif Karimov

Arif Karimov

Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev

Nizami Musayev

Dunyaminov
Sadig Huseynov

Sadig Huseynov

retired lieutenant colonel
Tarlan Babayev

Tarlan Babayev

Painter
Ogtay Suleymanov

Ogtay Suleymanov

Factory Worker
Sahib Guluzadeh

Sahib Guluzadeh

Alla Sannikova

Alla Sannikova

Igor Sannikov

Igor Sannikov

Alim Aslanov

Alim Aslanov

Nazarov
Dadash Kazimov

Dadash Kazimov

Elevator Operator
Faig Babayev

Faig Babayev

Factory Director
Asiman Agayev

Asiman Agayev

Stalin
Najiba Huseynova

Najiba Huseynova

Mother (voice)

Release date

10th Jan 1990

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Azərbaycan, Pусский