---
title: 'The Scoundrel (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vagif Mustafayev'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
  - 'Azerbaijan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scoundrel-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scoundrel (1988)

1988 · 90 min · Drama · Soviet Union, Azerbaijan

Original title: Мерзавец

## Synopsis

The Scoundrel is a full-length Soviet 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 Georgian actor Mamuka Kikaleishvili.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vagif Mustafayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vagif-mustafayev)
- **Screenplay:** [Vagif Mustafayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vagif-mustafayev), [Ramiz Fataliyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramiz-fataliyev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Emin Sabitoglu](https://cinepixo.com/people/emin-sabitoglu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aleksandr Ilkhovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-ilkhovsky)

## Cast

- [Rasim Balayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/rasim-balayev)
- [Chingiz Mustafayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/chingiz-mustafayev)
- [Muxtar Maniyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/muxtar-maniyev)
- [Mamuka Kikaleishvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamuka-kikaleishvili)
- [Hamlet Xanızadə](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamlet-xan-zad)
- [Hasanagha Turabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/hasanagha-turabov)
- [Melik Dadashev](https://cinepixo.com/people/melik-dadashev)
- [Brilliant Dadaşova](https://cinepixo.com/people/brilliant-dadasova)
- [Yashar Nuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/yashar-nuri)
- [Larisa Borodina](https://cinepixo.com/people/larisa-borodina)

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