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