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