Behrouz Vossoughi
Also Known As: Behrooz Vosooghi, بهروز وثوقی, Khalil Vossoughi, Behrouz Vossoighi
Biography: Behrouz Vossoughi is one of Iran's most legendary actors. He has over 40 years of experience in the motion picture industry, with featured appearances in more than 90 films. In addition to his work in films, television, radio and theater, Behrouz' performances have earned him recognition at several international film festivals. He was one of the first to play in American and European Co-Productions such as inCaravans (1978) in 1978 co-starring with Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill (I) andMichael Sarrazin. He was also to play in another American movie called The Invincible Six (1970) with Curd Jürgens in 1962. His major films were, of course, Iranian. In Iran, he is still truly a Mega Star and Role model for an entire generation of Iranians in Post Islamic Iran and under the Shah's Pro-American Regime. Co-starring with his future wife, singer and actress Googoosh in a number of films such as Honeymoon (1976) aka the Honeymoon. He is certainly The Iranian actor who paved the road for the new generation of Iranians working today in Iran and aboard.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Adult: No
Birthday: March 10, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Male
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Sphinx
Overview: Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
Genres: Adventure Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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Caravans
Overview: This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-02
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Blue World
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Hashem Khan
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Vasvaseye sheitan
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Pure White
Overview: This documentary movie explores the professional life of Parviz Fanizadeh, Iranian actor of the 60s and 70s cinema and theater, with investigating through archival footage of his works and referring to his fellow artists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Rhino Season
Overview: Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2012-10-25
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Iman
Overview: A young engineer who is returned home from Europe becomes responsible of taking care of his father's company. But a villain friend of him manages to drag him to gambling and drugs making him to lose his money and his family. Years later the young engineer in an accident helps a rich man and due to that manages to marry his girl and gets back his life and his family once again.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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Man ham gerye kardam
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Gheisar
Overview: A young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Dash Akol
Overview: Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful person. Dash Akol, who is in his forties, falls in love with Marjan, daughter of the late Haji Samad, for whose estate he is the executor. But he keeps his love secret. One day a suitor asks for Marjan's hand, and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse. On the night of the wedding, Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom. As he is leaving the house, however, Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues. Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back, but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him. On his deathbed, Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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The Dagger
Overview: Abbas, known as "Abbas Chakhan," is a driver’s apprentice who is alone and has a stutter, constantly weaving tall tales. One night, he accidentally meets Banafsheh, who has ended up in a notorious neighborhood in search of her dreams, yet she is still determined to free herself from that place and have a home of her own. Abbas promises Banafsheh that he will help her. After she learns that Abbas has been imprisoned due to a small debt, she borrows money from a loan shark named Mohammad, known as "Mohammad the Dagger," to free Abbas.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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The Deer
Overview: Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him. Instead, he finds that his friend is a drug addict. He sticks around to try and help his friend kick the habit; instead, both men are caught in a shootout with the police and...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1974-03-21
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The Hundred Kilo Bridegroom
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Another Salute
Overview: After receiving the 2000 Akira Kurosawa Award, Abbas Kiarostami immediately gave it away to honor the renowned and exiled actor Behrouz Vossoughi, from the generation preceding the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Later that year, Khosrow Shakibaei—one of the best actors after the Iranian Revolution—tried to find and meet Behrouz Voussoughi. Any attempt to meet Behrouz Vossoughi, whose name and picture are banned in Iran, would have put Khosrow Shakibaei’s acting career in Iran in jeopardy. After the unexpected death of Khosrow Shakibaei in July 2008, Hossein Khandan, director of “Another Salute” received consent from Khosrow’s family to release the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2009-05-02
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A Woman Called Sharab
Overview: A father and his son meet each other after many years. But there is always a woman in between.
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-01-17
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Terror In Beverly Hills
Overview: When the President's daughter is kidnapped, it's up to an ex-marine to save her. The problem is that the terrorist leader has a lingering hatred for him, as he has been wrongfully blamed for the death of his wife and children. The action heats up, as the two mortal enemies confront each other with extreme violence.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-26
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Desiderium
Overview: Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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The Soil
Overview: After the death of the landlord of the village, his European wife demands the land of Baba Sobhan but his two sons who farm there are refusing. They promise to pay the rent on the right ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1970-03-21
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The Divine One
Overview: Mr. Mavadat in a party in his garden gets poisonous and his friends have to take him to doctor Hatam. But the doctor hides many dark secrets in his basement which are revealed little by little.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1976-12-04
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The Red Plain
Overview: With Rezvan's death his nephew Betty comes to Iran from abroad to sell the lands she has inherited from him. Fahim wants the lands for himself but Bahram is preventing him. This put them to confront each other while Betty too falls in love with Bahram.
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-05-05
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Cat in the Cage
Overview: A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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Reza, the Motorcyclist
Overview: Reza Motori, who has feigned madness, escapes from an asylum and robs a factory, with the aid of a friend. Afterwards, a young writer, who looks exactly like Reza, visits the asylum in order to write about inmates. There he is mistaken for Reza and detained. Meanwhile, Reza assumes the identity of the writer. Reza falls in love with the writer's fiancée and decides to give up the money he has stolen from the factory, but his friends prevent him from doing so.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1970-08-04
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Zarin
Overview: The story of a young woman who has been working as a prostitute since childhood. The film traces her slow disintegration into psychic delirium. Wracked by both guilt for her actions and a strong desire for salvation, her madness manifests itself in her perception of the world around her. Chronicling the course of her breakdown with imagery that is both graphic and beautiful, Neshat evokes the torment of one so tortured by her subjugated role in society that she feels completely powerless. As the men Zarin encounters appear without faces, horror, shame, and guilt overwhelm her. Viewing this as her punishment from God, she flees the brothel for a bathhouse. Scrubbing her skin raw and bloody, she attempts to make amends with her past; however, she descends deeper in madness as she strives for redemption.
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2005-10-15
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An angel in my house
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Toughi
Overview: There is an old saying in Farsi, "if you catch a Toughi to keep, it will bring bad omens to the members of the family". ...And that's what happens to a very close nit family when Toghi is ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1970-03-21
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Fellow Traveler
Overview: A wealthy man who has a company deceive a naive girl Atefeh (Gogoosh) who thinks he wants to marry her. Atefeh goes to the north of Iran to find the wealthy man. Her father gives Ali (Behrouz Vossoughi) 70000 Tomans to go and returns her back home but a romance is merge between the two youngsters.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1975-04-01
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Honeymoon
Overview: Reza and his mother Mah Banu, have a good and near relationship with Hossein family known as Khan Baba. Reza spends his time with Changiz, the son of Hossein family, and is interested in his sister, Mino.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1976-02-10
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The Window
Overview: Sohrab is going from his city Abadan to work in his uncle's factory in Tehran. Sohrab meets a girl Taraneh who is pregnant. She with the help of Asghar Zhila wants to accused Sohrab of ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1971-01-06
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Beehive
Overview: Recently have been released from jail, Ebi makes a bet with his Friend that he goes and drinks in seven bars without even paying any money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Tight Spot
Overview: This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his childhood heroes, the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-man war against four swindlers and provoked wide spread popular sentiment against tyranny.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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Baluch
Overview: Two gangster squads who smuggle antiques fight each other in Zahedan. The first squad's members manage to kill the members of the other squad. Two villains of them rape a woman Leila who is the wife of a man his name Baluch and escape to Tehran. He pursues them and shots them. While thinking that he had killed them, he surrender to the police and imprisoned for 12 years. When released from the prison he finds that they are not dead. He goes after them and kills both of them.
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Filmfarsi
Overview: A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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Mamal Amricayi
Overview: A Young guy (Behrouz Vossoughi) who is dreaming to go to America is trying to manage the money by stealing it, then one day he meets a wealthy girl (Gogoosh).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1975-04-01
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Zabih
Overview: Zabih, a tough guy who committed a murder in support of his girl, Aghdas is released from prison after 15 years. When arrested, Aghdas was pregnant with his child. Now Zabih sets off for his hometown to find Aghdas and their son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1975-02-02
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The Curse
Overview: An old man who works for a landlord brings a young worker to paint the house for him. The old landlord is alcoholic and has a young wife and together they manage a ranch. Little by little ...
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1973-03-19
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The Invincible Six
Overview: Based on the story "The Heroes of Yucca," The Invincible Six features a ragtag group of jewel thieves who become the unofficial guardians of a small Iranian village. When bandits attack the village, looking for the body of their former leader and his treasure map, the Invincible Six are there to save the day, wooing the local females and frustrating the new leader of the bandits.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-10
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Broken Bridges
Overview: The plot of film is constructed on the basis of memoirs of the son and mother. They were divided with border between northern and southern Azerbaijan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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Dalahoo
Overview: In Modabber family there is an old will which every time causes bloody consequences and that is all the heritage is should remain for their sons only. This time before the will take place their son in law Seif tries to kill the son. But the son Borzu is saved from getting killed by a local hunter who lives in the mountain Dalahoo. All fortunes will go for their nephew Arezoo but after 20 years Borzu is back and wants to take revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1967-07-17
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The Hateful Wolf
Overview: Forging with his wife, Gladam, is planted and planted in a piece of land away from the city. People in the village do not have a favorable opinion of them, so when the blacksmith wants them to help him in the delivery of his wife, they refuse and finally the blacksmith's wife goes on. People do not even allow the burial of a blacksmith's wife in the cemetery of the village, and at this time, the blacksmith is impelled and he wants to kill revenge.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Stranger
Overview: Ghasem after getting released from the prison goes after his friend Abbas in the south. He there first has a fight with a guy who caused him to be jailed and then meets a girl Zari. But he knows that her father who is rich will not agree with him to marry her so with the help of his friend Abbas takes the girl and escapes to Tehran. This causes many troubles for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-08-16
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A Man and a City
Overview: Ahmad is a driver whose mental tensions every time cause him to be hospitalized. He escapes and hides in the house of a nurse Zhaleh but police captures him. Ahmad escapes once again and takes a bus full of students as hostages. But the police are to the rescue.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1971-12-29
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Emroz -o farda
Overview: The bus takes orphanages for a short camp to the northern regions of the country...
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1966-04-01
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Dozd-e Siyahpoush
Overview: Two brothers are separated from each other during an accident in their childhood and after a long time they find each other, one is known as "the thief in black" and the other is a police officer.
Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-10-16
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The Bride of the Sea
Overview: Habib and Maryam love each other and want to get marry but another guy Akbar first go to her father and proposes for her. Meanwhile the father is in debt to Changiz which makes him to face him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1965-06-22
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The Pleasure of Sin
Overview: A deaf and dumb girl in a village is raped by a man, becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby. Jabbar later marries the village headman's daughter but his wife can't get pregnant. Therefore, he wants to get the baby for himself and his wife.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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Leyli and Majnoon
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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It's Written in the Stars
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-04-01
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Farewell Tehran
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Compromise
Overview: A thief accidentally overhears a phone call in which the caller lies to his wife while cheating on her. Thief decides to blackmail him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1974-08-28
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Biganeh Biya
Overview: A young guy leaves his pregnant girlfriend and goes to Europe to study. The disappointed girl try to commit suicide but at last moments is saved by the brother of that guy. He marries her ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1969-01-02
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Rashid
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Hengameh
Overview: Two sisters from an aristocrat family fall in love with the son of their driver. Finally the little sister retreat for the oldest sister to get marry with him.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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The Idol
Overview: Sadegh and Naeem deliver some smuggling goods to a person and escape from the police. Meanwhile they meet a young girl who wants to get her ill father to a doctor. She asks them for help ...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Escape from the Trap
Overview: Morteza who is recently freed from prison, promises Mehri to buy her out the debt she has to pay her husband. In order to do so, he commits a rubbery that won't turn out well.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1971-03-21
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Out of Breath
Overview: Nabi who suffers from Epilepsy is hired by Khosrow to follow his fiancé Golrokh in order to find out about the male lover Khosrow presumes she has. Nabi finds out that Golrokh has a suicidal car accident and tries to help her. However he is not aware of the whole truth.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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The Iconoclast
Overview: Ali cooperates with a group of thieves led by Jafar. Ali meets a girl named Fereshteh. Fereshteh gradually falls in love with Ali
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Overview: An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Fannizadeh
Overview: Fanizadeh documentary is about the famous actor of Iranian cinema Parviz Fanizadeh. This documentary film deals with his life and works. This documentary is based on the talks of characters from theater and cinema who worked directly with him. Among them there are Taghvai, Mehrjoui, Golestan, Kimiaiee, Nosrat Karimi, Behrouz vosoughi, Pari Saberi, etc.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
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Around the World with empty pockets
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Tehran, an Unfinished History
Overview: Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2025-02-03
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