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The Joke(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-01-10
48%
4 Votes
Time: 2h 16m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Azerbaijani, Russian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Tiskino
Movie: The Joke
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Ceyhun Mirzəyev
Mammadov
Yaşar Nuri
Mammad
Muxtar Maniyev
Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Елена Костина
Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
Loğman Kərimov
Lətifə Əliyeva
Mother
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1990-01-10
Average
4.8
Rating:
2.4 startsTagline
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Languages:
AzərbaycanPусский
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