The ''Anecdote'' ( az, Lətifə, russian: italic=yes, Анекдот) is a full-length
Azerbaijani film shot in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
in 1989. Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
management system in
Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
Reception
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Cast
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Rasim Balayev - ''Rahimov''
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Jeyhun Mirzayev
Jeyhun Jamil oglu Mirzayev ( az, Ceyhun Mirzəyev; 9 April 1946 – March 5, 1993) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani actor and film director.
Career
Mirzayev was born in the Gulabli village, in Agdam District, Aghdam, Azerbaijan, to Jamil Mirzayev ...
- ''Mammadov''
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Yashar Nuri - ''Mammad''
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Mukhtar Maniyev - ''Kerimov''
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Khuraman Hajıyeva - ''Khalilova''
* Yelena Kostina - ''Alya''
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Alexander Sharovski - ''Prosecutor''
* Loghman Kerimov - ''The Deaf''
* Latifa Aliyeva - ''Mother''
* Lala Baghirova - ''Rimma''
* Azhdar Hamidov - ''Ahmed''
* Rafig Aliyev - ''Komsomol leader''
* Arif Kerimov - ''Murtuzov''
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Nizami Musayev - ''Dunyaminov''
* Sadig Huseynov - ''Retired Colonel''
* Tarlan Babayev - ''Dancer''
* Ogtay Suleymanov - ''Factor worker''
* Sahib Guluzade - ''Head of the Society''
* Alla Sannikova - ''A dwarf lady''
* Igor Sannikov - ''A dwarf man''
* Alim Aslanov - ''Colonel Nazarov''
* Dadash Kazimov - ''Elevator Man''
* Faig Babayev - ''Factory Director''
See also
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Azerbaijani films of the 1980s
A list of earliest films produced in Azerbaijan SSR ordered by year of release in the 1980s:
Films:1918–1990 see also List of Soviet films
1980s
External links
Azerbaijani filmat the Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation ...
External links
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Soviet comedy-drama films
Soviet-era Azerbaijanian films
Azerbaijani-language films
1989 comedy-drama films
1989 films
Azerbaijanfilm films
1989 comedy films
1989 crime drama films
Azerbaijani comedy-drama films
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