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.
Top Billed Cast
Firuz Babayev Ibrahim
Shafiga Mammadova Rukhsara
Khalida Guliyeva Khalida
Shukufa Yusupova Gulkhar
Dilara Huseynova Sakina
Jamila Aghayeva Zahra
Rana Jafarova Sevinj
Nəsibə Zeynalova Kishvar
Zahira Ismailova Zakiyya
Ali Zeynalov Zakiyya's Father
Rasim Balayev Sanan
Tahir Yakhin Mursal
Ələsgər Məmmədoğlu Alovsat
Muxtar Maniyev Shahlar
Mehdi Seyidbeyli Mehdi
Hijran Mehbaliyeva Ibrahim's Colleague
Ofeliya Aslan 
Mammad Alili 
Anvar Hasanov Nuru
Mayak Karimov Ibrahim's Colleague
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