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1990

The Joke

Directed by Nizami Musayev

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.

Duration

2h 16m

Released

January 10, 1990

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4.8

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Cast25

  • Rasim Balayev
  • Jeyhun Mirzayev
  • Yashar Nuri
  • Mukhtar Maniyev
  • Xuraman Hadjiyeva
  • Elena Kostina
  • Aleksandr Sharovski
  • Loghman Karimov
  • Latifa Aliyeva

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