
The Joke
Comedy
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Rasim Balayev
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov


Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov


Yashar Nuri
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Yashar Nuri
Mammad


Mukhtar Maniyev
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov


Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova


Elena Kostina
Elena Kostina
Alya
Elena Kostina
Alya


Aleksandr Sharovski
Aleksandr Sharovski
Aleksandr Sharovski


Loghman Karimov
Loghman Karimov
Loghman Karimov


Latifa Aliyeva
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Lala Bagirova
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
Lala Bagirova
Rimma
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