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) |
| Art | Nazim Gadzhiyev | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Churina | Costumer |
| Lighting | Rustam Rustamov | Lighting Design |
| Directing | Nizami Musayev | Director |
| Directing | Yefim Abramov | Director |
| Lighting | Niyazi Zeynalov | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Amirova | Costume Design |
| Writing | Rovshan Aghayev | Screenplay |
| Camera | Baghir Rafiyev | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tamara Narimanbekova | Editor |
| Editing | Lyudmila Lotina | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Nusrat Kasamanli | Script Editor |
| Art | Kamil Najafzadeh | Production Design |
| Directing | Rafig Orujov | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fazil Afshani | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Nataliya Nuriyeva | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Ramiz Fataliyev | Script Editor |
| Sound | Javanshir Guliyev | Music |
| Camera | Ramiz Babayev | Set Photographer |
