Movie: The Joke

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rasim Balayev
Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Jeyhun Mirzayev
Jeyhun Mirzayev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri
Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev
Muxtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina
Елена Костина

Alya

Aleksandr Sharovski
Aleksandr Sharovski

Loghman Karimov
Loghman Karimov

Latifa Aliyeva
Lətifə Əliyeva

Mother

Lala Baghirova
Lala Baghirova

Rimma

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1990-01-10

  • Average

    4.8

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    AzərbaycanPусский

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