The Anecdote (, ) is a full-length Azerbaijani film shot in Baku in 1989. 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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Cast Rasim Balayev - Rahimov Jeyhun Mirzayev - Mammadov Yashar Nuri - Mammad Mukhtar Maniyev - Kerimov Khuraman Hajiyeva - Khalilova Yelena Kostina - Alya Alexander Sharovski - Prosecutor Loghman Kerimov - The Deaf Latifa Aliyeva - Mother Lala Baghirova - Rimma Azhdar Hamidov - Ahmed Rafig Aliyev - Komsomol leader Arif Kerimov - Murtuzov 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 Azerbaijani films of the 1980s
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