The Scoundrel (1988 film)

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The Scoundrel
Yaramaz
Мерзавец
Directed by Vagif Mustafayev
Produced by Azerbaijanfilm Studios
Written by Ramiz Fataliyev, Vagif Mustafayev
Starring Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Hasanagha Turabov, Yashar Nuri, Rasim Balayev
Editing by G. Zhuravlyova
Release date(s) 1988
Running time 97 min.
Country Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Language Azeri, Russian
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The Scoundrel (Azerbaijani: Yaramaz, Russian: Мерзавец) is a full-length Azerbaijani film shot in Baku in 1988. Directed by Vagif Mustafayev, this comedy 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, played by the late Georgian actor Mamuka Kikaleishvili.

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  • Mamuka Kikaleishvili - Hatem
  • Hasanagha Turabov - Gazanfar
  • Yashar Nuri - Mashalla
  • Larisa Borodina - Irada
  • Aghahuseyn Kerimov - Mirza Baba
  • Hamlet Khanizade - Alasgar
  • Melik Dadashov - Hatem's co-worker
  • Zernigar Aghakishiyeva - mother-in-law
  • Haji Ismayilov - Haji
  • Rasim Balayev - minister's assistant
  • Saida Guliyeva - Hatem's wife
  • Mukhtar Maniyev - thief
  • Eldaniz Zeynalov - Hatem's co-worker
  • Nazim Aghayev - Mukhtar
  • Lala Baghirova - secretary
  • Brilliant Dadashova - neighbor
  • Talat Rahmanov - singer Balayan
  • Jahangir Aslanoghlu - Bahram
  • Chingiz Mustafayev - homeless
  • Ramiz Melikov - dancer
  • Basti Jafarova
  • Huseyn Muradov - minister

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