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.
The Window of Sadness
Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
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Hasanagha Turabov Jalil Mammadguluzadeh/Jalil's Father
Elmira Shabanova Hamida
Ilham Safarov Jalil (childhood)
Ruslan Nasirov Ahmad
Häsän Mämmädov Mammadhasan
Shukufa Yusupova Izzat
Vagif Ibrahimoghlu Khudayar bey
Leyla Shikhlinskaya Zeynab
Zarnigar Aghakishiyeva Sharaf
Fəxrəddin Manafov Isgandar
Mammad Burjaliyev Rashid bey
Marahim Farzalibeyov Teacher Hasanov
Nəsibə Zeynalova Sakina
Sona Mikayılova Jalil's Mother
Natig Abdullayev Valigulu
Yashar Nuri 
Ramiz Azizbeyli 
Arif Quliyev 
Ələsgər Məmmədoğlu 
Gündüz Abbasov Villager
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