The Joke
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
Rahimov
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Elena Kostina
Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
Loghman Karimov
Latifa Aliyeva
Mother
Lala Baghirova
Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov
Ahmad
Rafig Aliyev
Komsomol leader
Arif Karimov
Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev
Dunyaminov
Sadig Huseynov
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
Nazim Hadjiyev
Production Design
Nina Churina
Costumer
Rustam Rustamov
Lighting Design
Nizami Musayev
Director
Yefim Abramov
Director
Niyazi Zeynalov
Lighting Design
Tatyana Amirova
Costume Design
Rovshan Aghayev
Screenplay
Baghir Rafiyev
Director of Photography
Tamara Narimanbekova
Editor
Lyudmila Lotina
Assistant Editor
Nusrat Kasamanli
Script Editor
Kamil Najafzadeh
Production Design
Rafig Orujov
Assistant Director
Fazil Afshani
Sound Assistant
Nataliya Nuriyeva
Sound Designer
Ramiz Fataliyev
Script Editor
Javanshir Guliyev
Music
Ramiz Babayev
Set Photographer