The Joke
The Joke1990
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The Joke
2h 16m·Comedy
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5.8/10 avgAverage user ratingMade 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.
DirectorNizami MusayevDirectorYefim AbramovCinematographyBaghir RafiyevScreenplayRovshan AghayevStudioAzerbaijanfilm
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Rasim BalayevRahimov | Rahimov |
 Ceyhun MirzäyevMammadov | Mammadov |
 Yashar NuriMammad | Mammad |
 Mukhtar ManiyevKarimov | Karimov |
 Xuraman HadjiyevaKhalilova | Khalilova |
 Elena KostinaAlya | Alya |
 Aleksandr SharovskiNot listed | Not listed |
 Loghman KarimovNot listed | Not listed |
 Latifa AliyevaMother | Mother |
| LLala BagirovaRimma | Rimma |
 Ajdar HamidovAhmad | Ahmad |
 Rafik AliyevKomsomol leader | Komsomol leader |
 Arif KerimovMurtuzov | Murtuzov |
| NNizami MusayevDunyaminov | Dunyaminov |
 Sadykh Gusejnovretired lieutenant colonel | retired lieutenant colonel |
| TTarlan BabayevPainter | Painter |
| OOgtay SuleymanovFactory Worker | Factory Worker |
| SSahib GuluzadehNot listed | Not listed |
 Alla SannikovaNot listed | Not listed |
| IIgor SannikovNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlim AslanovNazarov | Nazarov |
 Dadash KazimovElevator Operator | Elevator Operator |
| FFaig BabayevFactory Director | Factory Director |
| AAsiman AgayevStalin | Stalin |
 Najiba HuseynovaMother (voice) | Mother (voice) |