The Joke

(1990)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1990

Runtime: 136 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Низами Мусаев, Yefim Abramov

Cast: Расим Балаев, Джейхун Мирзоев, Яшар Нуриев, Мухтар Маниев, Xuraman Hadjiyeva, Елена Костина, Aleksandr Sharovski, Логман Керимов, Лятифа Алиева, Лала Багирова

Plot

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.