
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.

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

Rasim Balayev
assistant to the minister

Saida Guliyeva
Gulya - Khattam's wife

Mukhtar Maniyev
construction manager

Eldaniz Zeynalov
Khattam's colleague
Zakhra Shirinova
Khattam's colleague