10 January 1990 Comedy 136 mins
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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Rasim Balayev as Rahimov
Jeyhun Mirzayev as Mammadov
Yashar Nuri as Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev as Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva as Khalilova
Elena Kostina as Alya
Latifa Aliyeva as Mother
Lala Baghirova as Rimma
Ajdar Hamidov as Ahmad
Rafik Aliyev as Komsomol leader
Arif Karimov as Murtuzov
Nizami Musayev as Dunyaminov
Sadig Huseynov as retired lieutenant colonel
Tarlan Babayev as Painter
Nazim Hadjiyev Production Design
Nina Churina Costumer
Rustam Rustamov Lighting Design
Nizami Musayev Director
Yefim Abramov Director
Niyazi Zeynalov Lighting Design
Tatyana Amirova Costume Design
Rovshan Aghayev Screenplay
Baghir Rafiyev Director of Photography
Tamara Narimanbekova Editor
Lyudmila Lotina Assistant Editor
Nusrat Kasamanli Script Editor
Kamil Najafzadeh Production Design
Rafig Orujov Assistant Director
Fazil Afshani Sound Assistant
Nataliya Nuriyeva Sound Designer
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