Anecdote (1989 film)
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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.
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
film shot in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
in 1989. Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....
at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
Cast
- Rasim BalayevRasim BalayevRasim Akhmed oglu Balayev is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 50 Azerbaijani films.-Early life:...
- Rahimov - Jeyhun Mirzayev - Mammadov
- Yashar Nuri - Mammad
- Mukhtar Maniyev - Kerimov
- Khuraman Hajıyeva - 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