The Joke

4.8/10 TMDB1990Comedy136 minutes

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.

Baghir Rafiyev

Director of Photography

Director

Director

Screenplay

Production Design

Script Editor

Costume Design

Music

Set Photographer

Assistant Editor

Cast

Elena Kostina

Alya

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Igor Sannikov

Rafig Aliyev

Komsomol leader

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Loghman Kärimov

Dadash Kazimov

Elevator Operator

Sadig Huseynov

retired lieutenant colonel

Alla Sannikova

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Media

0 videos

Genres

Comedy

Runtime

136 minutes

Language

Azərbaycan

Country

Soviet Union

Release Date

January 10, 1990

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RATINGS

4.8/10

TMDB's User Score

4 votes