The Scoundrel

Jan 16, 1989

1h 30m

★ 5.4

Overview

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Khattam Askerov

Mamuka Kikaleishvili

Gazanfar Mamedovich

Hasanagha Turabov

Mashalla

Yashar Nuri

Irada

Larisa Borodina

Mirza-baba

Agagusein Kerimov

Alesker Abbasovich

Hamlet Xanizadeh

molla

Malik Dadashev

mother-in-law

Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva

wanderer

Hadji Ismailov

Alesker's secretary

Basti Jafarova

assistant to the minister

Rasim Balayev

Gulya - Khattam's wife

Saida Guliyeva

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