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Ezzatolah Entezami
Ezzatolah Entezami ( fa, عزتالله انتظامی, 21 June 1924 – 17 August 2018) was an Iranian actor. Career Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui’s film, '' The Cow'', received the Silver 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. Entezami was known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in the history of the cinema of Iran. He 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 was awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behrouz Afkhami
Behrouz Afkhami ( fa, بهروز افخمی; born October 24, 1956) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is known for a style that utilizes point of view camera techniques to portray stories of human drama. He was also member of the Iranian Parliament from 2000 to 2004. He was the host of the third series of the television program, ''Haft''. Career and life Behrouz Afkhami has been teaching script writing, directing and editing both privately and in universities since 1989. Filmography * '' Azar, Shahdokht Parviz and Others'', 2014, 114 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * '' Saint Pertersburg'', 2010, 130 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * ''Black Noise'', 2011, 85 minutes * ''The Son of Dawn'', 2006–2009, 110 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * ''The River's End'', 2004, 98 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter. ''Gavkhouni'' was screened at the Toronto, Brisbane, and Cannes film festivals. It won the South Korean Movie Award and the Catholic Church Award at Brisbane. * ''Hemlock'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Veiled
The Blue Veiled ( fa, روسریآبی; Rusari Abi) is a 1995 Iranian Romance-drama film written and directed by Rakhshān Banietemad. Plot ''Rasoul Rahmani'' (Ezzatolah Entezami) owns a tomato farm and he has a factory next to it. He, who lost his wife a few years ago, lives alone. ''Nobar Kurdani'' (Fatemeh Motamed-Arya) is a woman who takes care of her family and has to work. She is selected along with several other women to work on the farm and... Cast * Ezzatolah Entezami * Fatemeh Motamed-Arya * Golab Adineh * Afsar Asadi * Baran Kosari * Behnaz Jafari * Reza Fayazi * Farhad Aslani * Nematollah Gorji * Faghiheh Soltani Faghiheh Soltani ( Persian: فقیهه سلطانی) is an Iranian actress. Biography Soltani was born in Hamedan in 1974, and studied drama at Islamic Azad University. She took acting lessons with Golab Adineh. She made her acting debut in ... * Jamshid Esmailkhani * Nadia Golchin * Nayereh Farahani * Mehri Mehrnia * Abbas Mohebbi * Mohs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time, Cinema
''Once Upon a Time, Cinema'' ( fa, italic=yes, ناصرالدینشاه آکتور سینما, meaning ''Naser al-din Shah, Actor of Cinema'') is a 1992 Iranian comedy fantasy film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film includes clips from old Iranian films from the silent age onwards. Made in black-and-white (with a brief colour sequence), it parodies many of the conventions of silent slapstick comedy and early fantasy films. Plot The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer (Mehdi Hashemi), 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 (future) history of Iranian cinema to the Shah (Ezzatolah Entezami). The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium. While watching the film '' Lor Girl'' (1932), a melodrama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamoun (film)
''Hamoun'' (, also Romanized as ''Hamoon'', ''Hamun'', ''Hāmoun'', ''Hāmoon'', and ''Hāmun'') is a 1989 psychological drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film tells the story of a middle-class Iranian – Hamid Hamoun, played by Khosrow Shakibai – and his struggle after his femme fatale wife, Mahshid, played by Bita Farrahi, demands a divorce from him. Hamoun has since gained a cult following in Iran. Plot Hamid Hamoun who is an executive at a leading import-export firm lives with his wife Mahshid who is a budding artist in abstract painting. Mahshid hails from a rich family but marries the middle class Hamoun after falling for his intellectual tastes and forward views. After 7 years of marriage Mahshid who once was very much in love with Hamoun soon sees him as a constricting force against her desire to do something meaningful with her life. Hamoun who wishes to pursue a career as a writer, while simultaneously preparing for his PhD thesis, occasionally takes out his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The Hurricane (1989 Film)
''Eye of the Hurricane'' () is a 1989 film by the Iranian director Masoud Jafari Jozani. The film was set during World War II, during the occupation of Iran by the Allied Army. It stars actors Ezzatolah Entezami, Majid Mozaffari, Ataollah Zahed, and Ahmad Hashemi. The film won the Crystal Simorgh for best film at the Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T .... References External links * 1980s Persian-language films Iranian war drama films 1989 films Crystal Simorgh for Best Film winners World War II films Allies of World War II {{Iran-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Cinema
''Grand Cinema'' is a 1989 Iranian comedy film directed by Hassan Hedayat. It was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Ebrahim Abadi * Akbar Abdi * Fereydoon Aboo Zia * Morteza Ahmadi * Hosein Amirfazli * Mahmoud Basiri * Akbar Doodkar * Maliheh Ebrahimi * Ezzatolah Entezami Ezzatolah Entezami ( fa, عزتالله انتظامی, 21 June 1924 – 17 August 2018) was an Iranian actor. Career Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in ... as Aghaiev * Nasser Laghayi * Yoosef Samad Zadeh References External links * 1989 films 1989 comedy films Iranian comedy films 1980s Persian-language films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezar Dastan
''Hezardastan'' ( fa, هزاردستان, translit=Hezār Dastān) also known as ''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 show's story, characters, acting, style, and music were highly acclaimed by critics and fellow directors of the time, and the influence of the show's themes and story can be seen in Iranian popular culture as well as many works of art coming in later years. 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 was the ground for many controversies in terms of censorship and changes in the story. In 2006, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tenants (1986 Film)
''The Tenants'' ( fa, اجارهنشینها, italic=yes, translit=Ejāre-nešinhā; ''Ejareh-Nesheenha'') is a 1987 Persian comedy film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It has been widely acclaimed as the best Iranian comedy film of the 1980s. Plot summary The film is about an apartment in Tehran and its various tenants. Cast *Ezzatolah Entezami *Hamideh Kheirabadi * Akbar Abdi *Farimah Farjami * Iraj Rad *Reza Rooygari * Siavosh Tahmoures *Hossein Sarshar Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ... Referenceson IranAct External links * * 1987 films 1980s Persian-language films 1987 comedy-drama films Films set in Iran Iranian comedy-drama films Films directed by Dariush Mehrjui {{1980s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamalolmolk
Mohammad Ghaffari ( fa, محمد غفاری), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk (), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan. Biography Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, born in Kashan in 1848, to a family with a strong artistic tradition, tracing their origins back to notable painters during the reign of Nader Shah. Kamal's uncle, Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ghaffari, known as Sanee-ol-Molk, a celebrated 19th-century painter, was notable for his watercolor portraiture. His father, Mirza Bozorg Ghaffari Kashani, was the founder of Iran's painting school and a famous artist as well. His brother, Abutorab Ghaffari, was also a distinguished painter of his time. Mohammad developed an interest in calligraphy and painting at a young age. In his childhood eagerness, he drew charcoal sketches on the walls of his room. Upon completion of his primary education, Mohammad moved to Tehran. He may have studied painting for a time with Mirza Esma'il. To fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadji Washington
''Hajji Washington'' ( fa, حاجی واشنگتن, italic=yes) is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington. Filmed in Italy (filling in for Washington, D.C.) and Ghazali Cinematic Mini-City in 1982, ''Hajji Washington'' was not publicly screened in Iran until 1998. The film's music is by the late Persian classical musician Mohammad Reza Lotfi. Plot ''Hajji Washington'' is a fictionalized account of the first Iranian ambassador in the United States, Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori, a loyal Qajar statesman who goes to Washington to found the embassy. After meeting with President Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ..., Hajji proudly rents a mansi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
