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