The Joke
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
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Elena Kostina
Alya
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Sadykh Gusejnov
retired lieutenant colonel
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Kerimov
Murtuzov
Aleksandr Sharovski
Loghman Karimov
Alla Sannikova
Dadash Kazimov
Elevator Operator
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov
Najiba Huseynova
Mother (voice)