The Scoundrel (1988 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Scoundrel
Yaramaz
Мерзавец


image_size =
caption =
director = Vagif Mustafayev
producer = Azerbaijanfilm Studios
writer = Ramiz Fataliyev, Vagif Mustafayev
narrator =
starring = Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Hasanagha Turabov, Yashar Nuri, Rasim Balayev
music =
cinematography =
editing = G. Zhuravlyova
distributor =
released = 1988
runtime = 97 min.
country = AZE
language = Azeri, Russian
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0307152

The Scoundrel ( _az. Yaramaz, _ru. 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.

Cast

* 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"

ee also

*Azerbaijani films of the 1980s