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