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The Scoundrel
Overview
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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Cast
Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Khattam Askerov
Hasanagha Turabov
Gazanfar Mamedovich
Yashar Nuri
Mashalla
Larisa Borodina
Irada
Agagusein Kerimov
Mirza-baba
Hamlet Xanizadeh
Alesker Abbasovich
Malik Dadashev
molla
Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva
mother-in-law
Hadji Ismailov
wanderer
Basti Jafarova
Alesker's secretary
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