The Scoundrel (1989)

5.9/10 • 90 min • Drama Comedy

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.

Cast

Mamuka Kikaleishvili

Khattam Askerov

Hasanagha Turabov

Gazanfar Mamedovich

Yashar Nuri

Mashalla

Larisa Borodina

Irada

Hamlet Xanizadeh

Alesker Abbasovich

Malik Dadashev

molla

Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva

mother-in-law

Hadji Ismailov

wanderer

Basti Jafarova

Alesker's secretary

Rasim Balayev

assistant to the minister

Saida Guliyeva

Gulya - Khattam's wife

Mukhtar Maniyev

construction manager

Eldaniz Zeynalov

Khattam's colleague

Brilliant Dadashova

girl neighbor

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