Movie: The Scoundrel

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Мамука Кикалейшвили

Hatam

Hasanagha Turabov
Hasanagha Turabov

Gazanfar

Yashar Nuri
Yashar Nuri

Mashalla

Larisa Borodina
Larisa Borodina

Irada

Aghahuseyn Karimov
Aghahuseyn Karimov

Mirza

Hamlet Khanizadeh
Hamlet Khanizadeh

Alasgar

Malik Dadashov
Məlik Dadaşov

Molla

Zarnigar Aghakishiyeva
Zarnigar Aghakishiyeva

Hadji Ismailov
Hacı İsmayılov

Hadji

Basti Jafarova
Basti Jafarova

Alasgar's Secretary

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1988-05-31

  • Average

    5.3

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    AzərbaycanPусский

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