The Scoundrel (1989)
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.
Director:
Vagif Mustafayev
Writers:
Vagif Mustafayev, Ramiz Fataliyev.
![]() |
Mamuka Kikaleishvili as Khattam Askerov |
![]() |
Hasanagha Turabov as Gazanfar Mamedovich |
![]() |
Yashar Nuri as Mashalla |
![]() |
Larisa Borodina as Irada |
![]() |
Agagusein Kerimov as Mirza-baba |
![]() |
Hamlet Xanizadeh as Alesker Abbasovich |
![]() |
Malik Dadashev as molla |
![]() |
Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva as mother-in-law |
![]() |
Hadji Ismailov as wanderer |
![]() |
Basti Jafarova as Alesker's secretary |
![]() |
Rasim Balayev as assistant to the minister |
![]() |
Saida Guliyeva as Gulya - Khattam's wife |
![]() |
Mukhtar Maniyev as construction manager |
![]() |
Eldaniz Zeynalov as Khattam's colleague |
![]() |
Zakhra Shirinova as Khattam's colleague |
![]() |
Nazim Agayev as Mukhtar - Khattam's driver |
![]() |
Lala Bagirova as secretary |
![]() |
Ali Musayev as |
![]() |
Brilliant Dadashova as girl neighbor |
![]() |
Namkhuda Usubaliyev as |
![]() |
M. Madatov as |
![]() |
Agaali Babayev as factory worker |
![]() |
Mansur Mammadov as minister's driver |
![]() |
Arif Guliyev as foreman |
![]() |
Gamlet Kurbanov as photographer |
![]() |
Ulkar Guliyeva as |
![]() |
Tälät Rähmanov as Balayan - singer |
![]() |
Cahangir Aslanoglu as Bahram |
![]() |
Arif Kerimov as lawyer |
![]() |
Elena Koloskova as |
![]() |
Vlas Suetin as |
![]() |
K. Safarov as |
![]() |
Karen Avanesyan as chairman of the local committee |
![]() |
Mubariz Alikhanogly as salesman |
![]() |
Bakhadur Aliyev as a man in mourning |
![]() |
Vahid Aliyev as коллега Хатама |
![]() |
Rahib Aliyev as Khattam's colleague |
![]() |
Nuriya Akhmedova as saleswoman |
![]() |
Boris Davidyan as street singer |
![]() |
Kubra Dadashova as woman at a party |
![]() |
Fikret Mamedov as «Moskvich» driver |
![]() |
Alasgar Mammadoglu as Alesker's employee |
![]() |
Ramiz Melikov as dancing at a party |
![]() |
Huseyn Muradov as minister |
![]() |
Nizami Musayev as |
![]() |
Chingiz Mustafayev as guy in the underpass |
![]() |
Ruslan Nasirov as cigarette seller |
![]() |
Elshan Shikhaliev as |
| Directing | Vagif Mustafayev | Director |
| Writing | Vagif Mustafayev | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ramiz Fataliyev | Screenplay |
| Production | Aidyn Guseinov | Administration |
| Production | M. Ismailov | Administration |
| Production | Arif Kerimov | Administration |
| Production | Namkhuda Usubaliyev | Administration |
| Editing | Raisa Novikova | Lead Editor |
| Art | Nazim Gadzhiyev | Production Design |
| Art | Rafik Nasirov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Kirshner | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chingiz Pashaev | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elbrus Vahidov | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Nadir Aliev | Production Manager |
| Directing | Nadir Azmamedov | Co-Director |
| Sound | Emin Sabitoghlu | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | I. Kutsubova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nizami Mamedov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nizami Musayev | Co-Director |
| Directing | Rafig Orujov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elman Sheydayev | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Asad Asadov | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Eduard Abdullayev | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hamza Ahmadoghlu | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Nizami Musayev | Stunts |
| Camera | R. Fatullaev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mikhail Kharchenko | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Aleksandr Ilkhovskiy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rovshan Guliyev | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Rustam Rustamov | Gaffer |
| Editing | L. Gadzhiverdiyeva | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Lyudmila Lotina | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Boris Davidyan | Vocals |
| Sound | Konstantin Krimets | Conductor |
| Writing | Galina Zhuravlyova | Script Editor |