The Joke (1990)

January 10, 1990 (SU) • Comedy • 136m

Overview

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

Top Billed

Rasim Balayev

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Top Billed Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina

Alya

Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva

Mother

Lala Bagirova

Rimma

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad

Rafik Aliyev

Komsomol leader

Arif Kerimov

Murtuzov

Nizami Musayev

Dunyaminov

Sadykh Gusejnov

retired lieutenant colonel

Tarlan Babayev

Painter

Ogtay Suleymanov

Factory Worker

Sahib Guluzadeh

Alla Sannikova

Igor Sannikov

Alim Aslanov

Nazarov

Dadash Kazimov

Elevator Operator

Faig Babayev

Factory Director

Asiman Agayev

Stalin

Najiba Huseynova

Mother (voice)

Crew

Nizami Musayev

Director

Yefim Abramov

Director

Rovshan Aghayev

Screenplay

Baghir Rafiyev

Director of Photography

Kamil Najafzadeh

Production Design

Nazim Gadzhiyev

Production Design

Javanshir Guliyev

Music

Nataliya Nuriyeva

Sound Designer

Tamara Narimanbekova

Editor

Tatyana Amirova

Costume Design

Rafig Orujov

Assistant Director

Lyudmila Lotina

Assistant Editor

Fazil Afshani

Sound Assistant

Rustam Rustamov

Lighting Design

Niyazi Zeynalov

Lighting Design

Nina Churina

Costumer

Ramiz Fataliyev

Script Editor

Nusrat Kasamanli

Script Editor

Ramiz Babayev

Set Photographer

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Status

Released

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