31 May 1988
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.
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Rəşid Behbudov Bekhtiyar
Тамара Чернова Sasha Verkhovskaya
Faig Mustafayev Yusif
Aghasadig Garaybeyli Aghabala
Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov Professor Rajabov
Ismail Afandiyev Ismailov
Константин Мякишев Verkhovski
Mukhlis Dzhanni-zade Karim
Isay Gurov Petya
Sona Hadjiyeva Zahra
Munavvar Kalantarli Gulzar
Mammad Sadigov Mir Hamid
Aghahuseyn Javadov Rza
Lutfi Mammadbeyli Habib
Татьяна Пельтцер Natalya Alekseyevna
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