The Joke

IMDb 5.8 1990 • 136 min • Comedy

Director

Nizami Musayev

Country

SU

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Rasim Balayev
Rasim Balayev Rahimov
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Ceyhun Mirzäyev Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
Yashar Nuri Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
Mukhtar Maniyev Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Xuraman Hadjiyeva Khalilova

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