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Mozaffar (film)
''Mozaffar'' ( fa, مظفر, italic=yes) is a 1974 Iranian comedy film directed by Masoud Zelli and produced by Parviz Sayyad. Cast *Parviz Sayyad as Mozaffar Pour Mozaffar * Mary Apick as Goli Abagoli *Nozar Azadi as Mohsen *Jahangir Forouhar as Motahhar Pour Motahhar *Mohammad Goudarzi as Mr. Abagoli *Paridokht Eghbalpour as Mrs. Abagoli *Mehri Vadadian as Mozaffar's mother *Ali Zahedi as Seyyed George *Parvin DOlatshahi as Motahhar's wife References External linksMozaffarin IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Iranian comedy films 1974 films 1970s Persian-language films 1974 comedy films Iranian black-and-white films {{Iran-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Cinema
The Cinema of Iran (Persian: سینمای ایران), also known as the Cinema of Persia, refers to the cinema and film industries in Iran which produce a variety of commercial films annually. Iranian art films have garnered international fame and now enjoy a global following. Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language. Iranian cinema has had many ups and downs. Along with China, Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s. Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neorealism and similar movements in past decades. A range of international film festivals have honoured Iranian cinema in the last twenty years. Many film critics from around the world have praised Iranian cinema as one of the world's most important artistic cinemas. History Visual arts in Iran The earliest examples of visual representations in Iranian history ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masoud Zelli
Masoud (; ) is a given name and surname, with origins in Persian and Arabic. The name is found in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and China. Masoud has spelling variations possibly due to transliteration, including Masud, Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, or Mosād. Given name Masoud * Masoud Kazerouni, 14th-Century Persian physician * Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region * Masoud (musician), Iranian music producer, artist, and DJ * Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer * Masoud Bastani, Iranian journalist Mas'ud * Masud I of Ghazni, ''sultan'' of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040 * Masud Hai Rakkaḥ, Chief rabbi of Tripoli Other variations of spellings * Messaoud Bellemou, Algerian musician * Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician * Moshood K. O. Abiola, late politician and philanthropist from Nigeria * Masood Sharif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parviz Sayyad
Parviz Sayyad ( fa, پرویز صیاد, Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran. Early life Parviz Sayyad was born on March 22, 1939 in Lahijan, Pahlavi Iran. Throughout the 1960s Sayyad starred in many plays that were adapted for television; and he was in the first Iranian television program titled ''Amir Arsalan'' alongside Mary Apick. Career in Iran His first film, a comedy '' Hasan Kachal'' (1970), or "Hasan the Bald", is well remembered. He gained more fame starring in one of the oldest Iranian television series ' (1975; ) playing the role of a well mannered, diplomatic sneaky and soft-spoken board member. He is best known for his role as Samad, on the television series '. The character Samad was a naive, street smart country boy (somewhat reminiscent of the American "Ernest" series). After this, Sayyad went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Apick
Mary Apick ( fa, مری آپیک; born in Tehran) is an Iranian-born stage, television and film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1977 film ''Dead End''. She is of Iranian-Armenian ethnicity. In the 1960s, Apick was in the first Iranian made television program titled ''Amir Arsalan'' alongside Parviz Sayyad. In 2019, Apick stars in the movie ''Samir'' with Sprague Grayden, Michelle Lukes, and Peter Greene Peter Greene (born Peter Green; October 8, 1965) is an American actor. A character actor, he is generally known for portraying villains. He is best known for the roles in the 1994 films ''The Mask'', where he plays the films antagonist, Dorian .... Filmography References External links *Interview with Mary Apick 2004 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nozar Azadi
Nozar Azadi ( fa, نوذر آزادی; 1938 – 27 February 2021) was an Iranian comedian and actor who was famous in Iran in the 1970s, mostly because of his role in TV series such as ''Italia, Italia'', ''Kaf show'', and ''Okhtapus''. Career He was born in Kermanshah, Iran, in 1938. Azadi appeared in many shows, television series and films in the Iranian era prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Azadi starred in many films of Samad and Leila, the Kaf Show directed by Parviz Sayad, and his own television series ''Italia Italia'', playing the character Ghatebeh. Ghatebeh played in many shows where he impersonated a Kermanshahi man who was a con man by nature, very slick and a great communicator/womanizer. Ghatebeh had a distinguished Kermanshahi accent that to this day, 40 years later, people of Iran still remember with amusement. In 1971, Azadi performed in Peter Brook's production of Orghast in Persepolis, which was part of the 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahangir Forouhar
Jahangir Forouhar (; May 24, 1916 – November 6, 1997) was an Iranian actor. Biography Forouhar was born in 1916 in the city of Isfahan. His father was Mustafa Khan Davam al-Saltanah. His grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah and he was descendant of Mirza Abbas Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah. He was father of Iranian entertainer Leila Forouhar.Jahangir Forouhar, He started in theater at the age 18. He started acting in cinemas in 1945 with the film ''Ganjineh Soleiman''. After the revolution, he was summoned to the courts of the Islamic Revolutionary Court. In 1970, he received a commendation for the second role of a man for the film ''House of Solitude'' (Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh) from the 10th Fajr Film Festival. Filmography * '' Dash Akol'' (1971) * ''The suitor'' (1972) * ''Sattar Khan'' (1972) * '' Mozaffar'' (1974) * ''Soltan-e Sahebgharan'' (1974, TV series) * ''The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries'' (1974) * ''The Falconet'' (1975) * ''My Uncle Napoleon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehri Vadadian
Mehri Vadadian (–) was an Iranian actress, known for her roles in numerous films and TV dramas. Among her films such as ''Shazdeh Ehtejab'' (dir. Bahman Farmanara), ''Downpour'' (dir. Bahram Beizai), ''The Morning of the Fourth Day'' (dir. Kamran Shirdel) and ''Delshodegan'' (dir. Ali Hatami). She died in Sajjad Hospital in 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 popul ... in 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vadadian, Mehri 1936 births 2011 deaths Actresses from Tehran Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses Iranian television actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Comedy Films
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Persian-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
