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The Joke

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5.8TMDB 1990 136 min
Comedy
Soviet Union
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A tragicomedy set in the Azerbaijan SSR at the end of the 1980s, this film examines the dysfunctional Soviet management system and the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.

Directors
Yefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev
Cast
Rasim Balayev, Ceyhun Mirzäyev, Yashar Nuri, Mukhtar Maniyev, Xuraman Hadjiyeva, Elena Kostina, Aleksandr Sharovski, Loghman Karimov, Latifa Aliyeva, Lala Bagirova, Ajdar Hamidov, Rafik Aliyev, Arif Kerimov, Nizami Musayev, Sadykh Gusejnov, Tarlan Babayev, Ogtay Suleymanov, Sahib Guluzadeh, Alla Sannikova, Igor Sannikov
Country
Soviet Union
Genre
Comedy
Release date
1990-01-10
Studios
Azerbaijanfilm, Tiskino
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This tragicomic film looks at the Soviet management system in the Azerbaijan SSR during the late 1980s, focusing on how the system failed to function and on the decay and corruption within the Soviet bureaucracy.

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