The Joke (1990)
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.
Directors:
Nizami Musayev, Yefim Abramov.
Writer:
Rovshan Aghayev
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Rasim Balayev as Rahimov |
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Ceyhun Mirzäyev as Mammadov |
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Yashar Nuri as Mammad |
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Mukhtar Maniyev as Karimov |
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Xuraman Hadjiyeva as Khalilova |
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Elena Kostina as Alya |
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Aleksandr Sharovski as |
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Loghman Karimov as |
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Latifa Aliyeva as Mother |
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Lala Bagirova as Rimma |
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Ajdar Hamidov as Ahmad |
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Rafik Aliyev as Komsomol leader |
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Arif Kerimov as Murtuzov |
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Nizami Musayev as Dunyaminov |
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Sadykh Gusejnov as retired lieutenant colonel |
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Tarlan Babayev as Painter |
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Ogtay Suleymanov as Factory Worker |
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Sahib Guluzadeh as |
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Alla Sannikova as |
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Igor Sannikov as |
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Alim Aslanov as Nazarov |
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Dadash Kazimov as Elevator Operator |
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Faig Babayev as Factory Director |
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Asiman Agayev as Stalin |
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Najiba Huseynova as Mother (voice) |
| Directing | Nizami Musayev | Director |
| Directing | Yefim Abramov | Director |
| Writing | Rovshan Aghayev | Screenplay |
| Camera | Baghir Rafiyev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kamil Najafzadeh | Production Design |
| Art | Nazim Gadzhiyev | Production Design |
| Sound | Javanshir Guliyev | Music |
| Sound | Nataliya Nuriyeva | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Tamara Narimanbekova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Amirova | Costume Design |
| Directing | Rafig Orujov | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Lyudmila Lotina | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Fazil Afshani | Sound Assistant |
| Lighting | Rustam Rustamov | Lighting Design |
| Lighting | Niyazi Zeynalov | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Churina | Costumer |
| Writing | Ramiz Fataliyev | Script Editor |
| Writing | Nusrat Kasamanli | Script Editor |
| Camera | Ramiz Babayev | Set Photographer |
