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The Joke

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1990-01-10

Runtime: 136 mins

Director: Nizami Musayev, Yefim Abramov

Spoken language: Azərbaycan, Pусский

Genres: Comedy

Original title: The Joke

Production Companies: Azerbaijanfilm, Tiskino

Production Countries: Soviet Union

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