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The Gamble (1971 Film)
The Gamble is a 1971 Iranian film directed by Zakaria Hashemi. Plot Borzou is an expert at gambling and spends most of his life getting a fortune by gambling and stealing. He marries a woman named Maryam (Morvarid) and continues his lifestyle of gambling despite being married. He prioritizes his friends Ali Tatar ( Bahman Mofid) and Khalife ( Hassan Khayat Bashi) over his wife. Soon, he gets into more dangerous crime with criminals like Assadollah Mir Ghazal ( Hossein Gale), Mahmoud the Escaper ( Shahrouz Ramtin), Hossein Joo Joo ( Ahmad Hashemi). Maryam is unhappy and begs him to give his crime life up to care for their unborn child. He agrees but this does not last long. Ali Tatar asks Borzou to help him get money for his sister's dowry. He realizes that he has to gamble again to raise the money. In order to win the money by gambling he must meet in a crypt owned by Jabbar the Beautiful (Mohammad Bahrami Mohammad Bahrami ( fa, محمد بهرامی, 1898–1957) was an Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakaria Hashemi
Zakaria Hashemi ( fa, زکریا هاشمی; born in 1936 in Rey, Tehran Province, Iran) is an Iranian actor and film director. Early life Hashemi spent his childhood in southern Tehran. Career He has acted in several films including '' The Night of the Hunchback,'' '' The Brick and the Mirror''. He also directed some films, like '' The Gamble''. In the film '' The Brick and the Mirror'' (dir. Ebrahim Golestan), Hashemi plays a taxi driver named Hashem who finds a baby in the back of his cab, left by a woman in a black chador (Forough Farrokhzad). Filmography As actor: * '' South of the City'' (1958) * '' The Night of the Hunchback'' (1958) * '' The Brick and the Mirror'' (1965) * '' Diamond 33'' (1966) * '' Goodbye Friend'' (1971) * ''Topoli'' (1972) * '' Kaniz'' (1974) * ''Sanjar'' (1976) * '' Charlotte be bazarche miayad'' (1977) * '' Tuti'' (1978) * '' Hokm-e tir'' (1979) * '' Paygah-e jahannami'' (1984) * '' Rooted in Blood'' (1984) As director: * ''Knucklebones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahman Mofid
Bahman Mofid ( fa, بهمن مفید; 27 July 1942 – 16 August 2020) was an Iranian actor. Biography Bahman Mofid was born in Garakan, a village near Arak, to father Gholam-Hossein Mofid a stage director and actor. His siblings included Bijan Mofid, a playwright; Ardavan Mofid, an actor; and sister Hengameh Mofid, a poet and songwriter. He started acting in childhood, under the direction of his father. He died 16 August 2020 after battling cancer. Filmography * '' Qeysar'' (1969) * ''Reza Motorcyclist'' ''(Reza Motori)'' (1970) – directed by Masoud Kimiai Masoud Kimiai (or Masoud Kimiaei, fa, مسعود کیمیایی, born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, ''Come Stranger'', in 19 ..., as "Abbas Ghorazeh" * ''Raghase-ye Shahr'' (1970) * '' Wood Pigeon'' ''(Toghi)'' (1970) – directed by Ali Hatami * '' Se-Ghap'' (1971) * ''Rashid'' (1971) * ''Pol'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Khayat Bashi
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places *Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa *Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco *Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco *Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States *Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India **Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) **Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hass, Syria, a town in Idlib Governorate, Syria *Hasan, Ilam, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Gale
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", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations ''Ḥosayn, Hosayn,'' or ''Hossein'' are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include ''Husein'', ''Husejin'', ''Husejn'', ''Husain'', ''Hussin'', ''Hussain'', ''Husayin'', ''Hussayin'', ''Hüseyin'', ''Husseyin'', ''Huseyn'', ''Hossain'', ''Hosein'', ''Husseyn'' (etc.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, which follows a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions. This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Hashemi
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Bahrami
Mohammad Bahrami ( fa, محمد بهرامی, 1898–1957) was an Iranian communist politician. Bahrami belonged to the group of " fifty-three" and was a senior member of the Tudeh Party of Iran The Tudeh Party of Iran ( fa-at, حزب تودۀ ایران, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān, lit=Party of the Masses of Iran) is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in i .... He was a member of the executive committee of the party and served as the acting first-secretary during exile of Reza Radmanesh, when the party went underground. He was imprisoned in 1955 and released in 1957. Shortly after, he died from diabetes, which he suffered since the 1930s. References First Secretaries of Tudeh Party of Iran 1898 births 1957 deaths Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Iranian expatriates in East Germany Deaths from diabetes Co-General-Secretaries of the Tudeh Party of Iran Communist Party of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Films
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. *April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971. *May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto. *May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures. *Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :''The Go-Between'', directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |