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The Joke

1990· 2h 16m

Comedy

Directed by Yefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev

5.8/ 10

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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.

Cast

Rasim Balayev

Rasim Balayev

Rahimov

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Mammadov

Yashar Nuri

Yashar Nuri

Mammad

Mukhtar Maniyev

Mukhtar Maniyev

Karimov

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Xuraman Hadjiyeva

Khalilova

Elena Kostina

Elena Kostina

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