The Joke

Synopsis

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

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Lala Bagirova

Rimma

Ajdar Hamidov

Ahmad

Rafik Aliyev

Komsomol leader

Arif Kerimov

Murtuzov

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Nizami Musayev

Dunyaminov

Sadykh Gusejnov

retired lieutenant colonel

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Tarlan Babayev

Painter

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Ogtay Suleymanov

Factory Worker

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Sahib Guluzadeh

Alla Sannikova

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Igor Sannikov

Crew

Art

• Kamil Najafzadeh Production Design
• Nazim Gadzhiyev Production Design

Camera

• Baghir Rafiyev Director of Photography
• Ramiz Babayev Set Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Tatyana Amirova Costume Design
• Nina Churina Costumer

Directing

• Nizami Musayev Director
• Yefim Abramov Director
• Rafig Orujov Assistant Director

Editing

• Tamara Narimanbekova Editor
• Lyudmila Lotina Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Rustam Rustamov Lighting Design
• Niyazi Zeynalov Lighting Design

Sound

• Javanshir Guliyev Music
• Nataliya Nuriyeva Sound Designer
• Fazil Afshani Sound Assistant

Writing

• Rovshan Aghayev Screenplay
• Ramiz Fataliyev Script Editor
• Nusrat Kasamanli Script Editor