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