Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

Born: January 1, 1924
Died: August 17, 2018
in Tehran, Iran
Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actor. Graduated from theater and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui's admired classic film, The Cow(Gaav), received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971. He shined in the role of a naive villager who cannot endure the death of his beloved cow and starts to believe that he is the cow himself. He is known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in history of the cinema of Iran. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (eight films), Ali Hatami (four films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from the International Fajr Film Festival, for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel. His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.

Movies for Ezzatollah Entezami...

Oboist
Title: Oboist
Character: as Himself
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A documentary about Majid Entezami (Persian: مجید انتظامی) (born 9 March 1948). Entezami is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician, and oboist.
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The Teacher without Master
Title: The Teacher without Master
Released: October 15, 2016
Type: Movie
The Teacher without Master
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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Title: Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers.
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The Maritime Silk Road
Title: The Maritime Silk Road
Character: Slave Merchant
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A young student of Shiraz university joins Captain Soleiman on a maritime journey to China in 11th BC.
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And the blue sky
Title: And the blue sky
Character: Himself
Released: February 7, 2010
Type: Movie
An intimate documentary shedding light on the life of veteran Iranian actor, Ezzatollah Entezami.
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Forties
Title: Forties
Character: Judge
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Negar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to collaborate with an Iranian expat Orchestra leader, she...
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Motherland
Title: Motherland
Character: Colonel Amiri
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
After Islamic Revolution in Iran, many iranians left Iran .now some of them returns to their motherland. 2. A German scientist investigated whether turtles which left Iranian beaches returns to their motherland after thirty years or not.
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The Green Fire
Title: The Green Fire
Character: Judge
Released: September 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Based on an ancient story Sang-e Sabor it's the story of a girl Nardaneh who one day hears a voice telling her that soon she will marry with a dead man. One day she enters a castle and in one of it's room finds a dead body with a book beside it. She begins to read the book and follows the instructions step by step.
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Colors of Memory
Title: Colors of Memory
Character: Ghanati
Released: March 11, 2008
Type: Movie
The film relates the story of a surgeon (Doctor Pārsā) who returns to Iran after living in Germany for 33 years. Arriving in Tehran, Doctor Pārsā performs a heart operation on the nephew of the family friend Mr Ghanāti. Mr Ghanāti urges him to travel with him to his home town, Bam. On the trip, they drive past the rubble and destruction and Pārsā remembers back to his childhood.[citation needed]
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The Night
Title: The Night
Character: Dr Parviz
Released: February 12, 2007
Type: Movie
A sergeant who is on a mission to take a criminal to the prison is forced to spend a night with him in Mashhad.
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Jamshid Mashayekhi
Title: Jamshid Mashayekhi
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary about Iranian actor Jamshid Mashayekhi (Persian: جمشید مشایخی, November 26, 1934 – April 2, 2019).
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Verdict
Title: Verdict
Character: Reza Ma'roofi
Released: December 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Sahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal the house and injure him. They decide to flee Forouzande from Iran to another country. They go ...
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To be a Star
Title: To be a Star
Character: Rafi Golkar
Released: April 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Pooneh Golkar who is an actor of minor roles, wants to be a star. Her father is a theater actor of the old times who is paralyzed resting at home. She provides for a short but influential role playing by her father. When the old man appears at the shooting location, he discovers a bitter truth that his young daughter is ready to do anything to be a famous star. Finding about this and also encountering the woman who has rejected him years ago in dream of playing a leading role, he looses his self-confidence to act in front of the camera and this causes him to be fired.
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A Place to Live
Title: A Place to Live
Character: Eydi Mohammad
Released: April 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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The River's End
Title: The River's End
Released: March 14, 2004
Type: Movie
A young man leaves his birthplace, Isfahan, to come to capital city ,Tehran, to forgot his childhood memories. He is the storyteller and he tarts revealing his dreams which have been started a few months after the death of his father. In these dreams father persuades him to go to the Gav Khuni Swamp
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The Insane Flew Away
Title: The Insane Flew Away
Character: Mostofi
Released: July 23, 2003
Type: Movie
Yalda is married to Rouzbeh who is an injure of war. Rouzbeh's health getting worse and they should hospitalize him. Although Yalda loves Rouzbeh very much but she begins to doubt her ...
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Summit of the Wave
Title: Summit of the Wave
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Pertsian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work.
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A House Built on Water
Title: A House Built on Water
Character: Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Released: April 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
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Twilight
Title: Twilight
Character: Detective Alavi
Released: June 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Follows police detective Mohammad Alavi as he tries to deal with the death of his wife and daughters, and solve the case of a murdered woman.
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The Mix
Title: The Mix
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the Fajr Film Festival.
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Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Title: Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Character: Khan-e Mozaffar
Released: July 15, 1999
Type: Movie
The second feature film to be edited using footage from Hatami's miniseries Hezar Dastan.
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Takhti
Title: Takhti
Character: Takhti's father
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director wants to carry out research on the life of the champion, and it would seem that he will have to solve numerous problems before he can finish the job.
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Punishment Committe
Title: Punishment Committe
Character: Khan-e Mozaffar
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
In Tehran 1916 during first world war a group of patriots make a punishment committee to punish the traitors. With the lead of Abolfatooh Mirza, Reza Tofangchi begins the assassinations.
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Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Title: Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Character: Self
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae. Stardust Stricken -- Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait documents the work of this Iranian filmmaker. After spending time in prison for political dissidence, Makhmalbaf discovered the social potential of the cinema. Some of his projects include Marriage of the Blessed and The Actor. While creating around 20 films, the outspoken director established new ideas about the nature of his work. In this release, Makhmalbaf speaks about art, human behavior, and his evolving fundamentalist beliefs.
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The Blue-Veiled
Title: The Blue-Veiled
Character: Rasul Rahmani
Released: February 1, 1995
Type: Movie
An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.
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The Fateful Day
Title: The Fateful Day
Released: February 1, 1995
Type: Movie
As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.
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Battle of Oil Tankers
Title: Battle of Oil Tankers
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
During Iran-Iraq war the Iraqi army was attacking the Iranian oil tankers repeatedly. A young captain decides to pass an oil tanker through the enemy lines and deliver it to overseas. He ...
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Baziche
Title: Baziche
Character: Ghadir zafarlu
Released: April 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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Day of the Angel
Title: Day of the Angel
Character: Niyyatollah
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Nyatollah is a rich stingy guy who loves money. One day when he goes to the court to do a job for a friend he is thrown from the roof. This is the beginning of his acquaintance with Djin and the beginning of his adventure.
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The Quiet Home
Title: The Quiet Home
Character: Ghadir zafarlu
Released: April 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Title: Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Character: Nassereddin Shah
Released: February 1, 1992
Type: Movie
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.
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The Lady
Title: The Lady
Character: Ghorban Salar
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnant wife who are homeless and need a warm place and some treatments for the wife. Maryam Banoo helps them by inviting them to her house and entertaining them with several kinds of food and drinks. The husband and wife invite some other members of their family to Banoo's house and they start to steal Banoo's expensive furniture and bothering her with their bad behavior. Finally Maryam's husband comes back from the trip and throws the poor people out. He admits that he is sorry about his affair but Maryam doesn't accept it and moves to an unknown place to live in peace. Her husband goes after her.
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The Shadow of Imagination
Title: The Shadow of Imagination
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Hamoon
Title: Hamoon
Character: Dabiri
Released: February 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
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Eye of the Hurricane
Title: Eye of the Hurricane
Character: Amir Houshang
Released: July 5, 1989
Type: Movie
During the Second World War and the occupation of Iran by the Allied army, Dr. Rastan goes to Ih Qashqai to treat his sister's husband. There, he is introduced to Amir Houshang, the elders of the tribal elders, and Ghobad's rebels. He returns to Shiraz. His younger brother, Ali, has been thrown into the city, and ...
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The Ship Angelica
Title: The Ship Angelica
Released: April 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Many years ago The Angelica which was carrying gold and silver from the Portuguese to the Arab Sheykhs had been sunk in the Persian Gulf. Ahmad Beyk manages to find the place of it and is after ...
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Grand Cinema
Title: Grand Cinema
Character: Aghaiev
Released: February 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This is a fictional story of early days of cinema theaters in Iran in early 20th century in the dawn of Persian constitutional revolution. Roosi Khan and Aghaiev who are supported by ...
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Shirak
Title: Shirak
Character: Haj Khaloo
Released: June 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Set against the stunning landscape of rural Iran, Shirak is a symbolic rural drama centered on a young boy who lives in a small agricultural village that is being terrorized by wild boars. When his father is mauled to death by the boars during an attack on one of the village fields, Shirak suddenly finds himself the head of the household. Determined to hunt down the dangerous animals and kill them, he picks dates in order to be able to purchase a watchdog from one of the local villagers. Together, Shirak and his dog confront the beasts when they attack the village.
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The Suitcase
Title: The Suitcase
Character: Mr. Sajjadi
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
On a road trip to the north the members of the family find a suitcase. They want to open it but the head of the family is not allowing them. This marks the beginning of the adventures for them in the rest of their trip.
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Title: Hezar Dastan
Character: Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: TV
Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
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The Stone Lion
Title: The Stone Lion
Character: Namdar khan
Released: February 4, 1987
Type: Movie
When a British officer is found dead on a pipeline, tensions rise between a local tribe and authorities.
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The Tenants
Title: The Tenants
Character: Abbas
Released: February 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.
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Jafar Khan az farang bargashte
Title: Jafar Khan az farang bargashte
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Jafar Khan, son of a rich traditional family in Tehran, comes back to Iran after spending 8 years for studying in Europe, but he has changed completely to the extent that he cannot even speaks Farsi properly.
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Kamalolmolk
Title: Kamalolmolk
Character: Nasereddin Shah
Released: November 9, 1984
Type: Movie
The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.
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The House of Spider
Title: The House of Spider
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Four persons, each of whom represents a particular aspect of a dependent society, hide in a villa located in the north of Iran. They are all involved in Operation Eagle Claw waiting to see its success. When the operations fails, their relations change. The one who is a symbol of a system viewpoint based on the domination of world powers, kills all his friends, and at last he encounters the youngest member of the group who has found out about his true nature and is killed by him; but before he dies, he kills this young man too.
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Hajji Washington
Title: Hajji Washington
Character: Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
Released: February 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.
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The School We Went To
Title: The School We Went To
Released: January 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Students of a guidance school try to stand up against vice-principal's oppressing rules.
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First Case, Second Case
Title: First Case, Second Case
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
First Case, Second Case is a documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking behind the master's back.
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The Cycle
Title: The Cycle
Character: Dr. Sameri
Released: September 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood.
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The Sleeping Lion
Title: The Sleeping Lion
Character: Mahmoud Khan
Released: March 2, 1977
Type: Movie
The actions of the Russian and British embassies and the security forces of the central forces have made the people miserable. Mahmoud Khan, who is the secretary of the British Embassy, resigns from his job in the British Embassy and joins the people and incites them against the British and the Central Powers ...
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The Divine One
Title: The Divine One
Released: January 2, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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Resurrection of Love
Title: Resurrection of Love
Character: Kamal
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Hossein Bazaz on his death bed wants Kamal (Ezatollah Entezami) who is a pious man to be the guardian of his only daughter Golrokh. Kamal's wife disagree because of their young boy Ahmad who lives with them at home. Kamal brings the girl to their house but his conscience is not at ease. Finally this lead to terrible consequences for him.
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Resurrection of Love
Title: Resurrection of Love
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Agha Kamal is an ascetic and righteous man who adopts a girl to take care of. The girl is loved by his son and when Agha Kamal sees her, he also falls in love with her. This love gradually conquers him, but Agha Kamal who does not want to be controlled by devil, injures himself and finally dies…
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Sattar Khan
Title: Sattar Khan
Character: Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Released: October 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of the Azari war hero, Satar Khan, during the time of the Constitutional Revolution. The story follows Satar and Heidar as they join another hero Bagher Khan.
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Sadegh the Kurd
Title: Sadegh the Kurd
Character: Sergeant Vali Khan
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife is getting killed. The police are after the murderer but Sadegh who seeks revenge begins to kill the truck drivers on the way. This put him in fronting the law.
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Bita
Title: Bita
Character: Bita's Father
Released: August 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh.
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The Postman
Title: The Postman
Character: Niyatollah
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A political metaphor based on Karl Buchner's "Woyzeck": a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder.
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Mr. Gullible
Title: Mr. Gullible
Character: Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage.
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The Cow
Title: The Cow
Character: Masht Hassan
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
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Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
Title: Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A look at the making of Dariush Mahrjui's 'The Cow' ('Gav'), considered by many to be the seminal film of the Iranian New Wave.