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