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.

Comedy

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))