The Scoundrel

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

as Khattam Askerov

Hasanagha Turabov

as Gazanfar Mamedovich

Yashar Nuri

as Mashalla

Larisa Borodina

as Irada

Agagusein Kerimov

as Mirza-baba

Hamlet Xanizadeh

as Alesker Abbasovich

Malik Dadashev

as molla

Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva

as mother-in-law

Hadji Ismailov

as wanderer

Basti Jafarova

as Alesker's secretary

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