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The Mission (1983 Film)
''The Mission'' ( fa, فرستاده, Ferestadeh) is a 1983 American drama film directed by and starring Parviz Sayyad. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Cast * Parviz Sayyad as The Colonel * Mary Apick as Maliheh * Houshang Touzie as Agent From Teheran * Saeed Rajai as Agent From Teheran * Kamran Nozad as Ghaffar * Mohammed Ghaffari as His Eminence * Hatam Anvar as Maziar * Hedia Anvar as Farzaneh * Soraya Shayesteh as The Woman * Richard Mansfield Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 – 30 August 1907) was an English actor-manager best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the play '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Life and career Mansfield was born ... as Mugger * David Filinni as Mugger References External links * 1983 films 1983 drama films American drama films 1980s Persian-language films Films directed by Parviz Sayyad 1980s English-language films 1983 multilingua ... [...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] |
Soraya Shayesteh
Soraya ( fa, ثریا) is a feminine Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, ''Thurayya'' ( ar, ثريّة). The name is also popular in Europe due to its association with Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, who became a European socialite. For phonological reasons, it is usually transcribed as ''Suraya'' in Afghanistan and ''Surayo'' in Tajikistan. People * Soraya (1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter * Soraya Alekozei (born 1955), Afghan-German interpreter and veteran * Soraya Arnelas (born 1982), Spanish singer * Soraya Ray L. Bañas (Kitkat) (born 1989), Filipina singer, comedienne and actress * Soraya Brigui (born 2005), singer and 2018 finalist of The Voice Kids (Belgium). * Soraya Córdova (born 1959), Mexican politician * Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932–2001), second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, known during her marriage as Queen Soraya * Soraya Jimé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Multilingual Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
