Film
The Joke
1990 · 136 min · ★ 8.5 · Dir. Yefim Abramov
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.
Starring
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Jeyhun Mirzayev
Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Yelena Kostina
Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
Loghman Karimov
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Lala Baghirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafig Aliyev
Arif Karimov
Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadig Huseynov
Tarlan Babayev
Painter
Ogtay Suleymanov
Factory Worker
Sahib Guluzadeh