The Joke

Name: The Joke
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 5.833

1990 · 136 min

Comedy

★ 5.8

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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.

Crew

Director Nizami Musayev
Director Yefim Abramov
Screenplay Rovshan Aghayev
Director of Photography Baghir Rafiyev

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
L
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader

Crew

Director — Nizami Musayev
Director — Yefim Abramov
Screenplay — Rovshan Aghayev
Director of Photography — Baghir Rafiyev

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Intermission

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