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