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