Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless ( fa, سهراب شهید ثالث; June 28, 1944 in

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– July 2, 1998 in

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) was an Iranian

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and

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and one of the most celebrated figures in

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in the 20th century. After 1976 he worked in the

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and was an important component of the film

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working in the German industry.

Film career

After the revolution aftermaths in Iran and with restrictions faced by film makers and the difficulties of acquiring raw 35 mm film rolls, he made his first feature, the milestone film ''A Simple Event'' (1973), he describes the everyday life of a ten-year-old boy living in a small town with an ill mother and a father struggling to make a living smuggling

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. In contrast, ''Still Life'' (1974) explores the monotony in the life of an old railway

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– a film that won many prizes, including one at the 1974 Berlinale. In 1975 Sohrab directed ''Far from Home'' (1975). In 1976 on moving to Germany Sohrab released ''Diary of a Lover'' (1976), ''Coming of Age'' (1976), and ''

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'' (1983). ''Utopia'' is a 186-minute film regarded by critics as a "hard ghetto film" and is the tale of a pimp and his five girls. The film was entered into the

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Filmography as director

Short *Raghs-e Bojnourd (Dance of Bojnourd) (Short) 1969 *Rastakhiz (Resurrection) (Documentary short) 1969 *Siah-o sefid (black and white) (Short) 1972 Features & TV movies *Yek ettefāq-e sāde (A simple event), 1973. *Ṭabiʿat-e bijān (

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), 1974. *Dar qorbat (

Far from home Far from Home may refer to: Film and television * ''Far from Home'' (1975 film), a 1975 Iranian film * ''Far from Home'' (1989 film), a 1989 American thriller * '' Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog'', a 1994 American adventure film * ...

), 1975. *Reifezeit (Coming of age), 1976. *Tagebuch eines Liebenden ( Diary of a Lover), 1977. *Die langen Ferien der Lotte H. Eisner (The long vacation of Lotte H. Eisner), 1979. *Grabbes Letzter Sommer (The last summer of Grabbe), 1980. * (Order), 1980. *Anton P. Checkov: A life (1981. *Empfänger unbekannt (Addressee unknown), 1983. *

, 1983. *Der Weidenbaum (The willow tree), 1984. *Hans – Ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans: A young man in Germany), 1985. *Wechselbalg (Changeling), 1987. *Rosen für Afrika (Roses for Africa), 1992.

Awards and accolades

Sohrab Shaheed Salles won 12 professional film awards and 3 nominations during his career. *1972 Ob? , Best Documentary, National Tehran Film Festival. *1972 black and white, Golden Plaque, Tehran International Children's Film Festival *1973 A simple event, Golden Ibex for Best Director at the International Film Festival in Tehran *1974 Price of the Catholic and Protestant Film Jury as part of the Young Forum at the International Film Festival Berlin *1974 Still Life, Silver Bear Award of the International Film Critics Prize of the Protestant jury, International Film Festival n 1975 the stranger, Prize of the International Film Critics, International Film Festival Berlin *1976 ripening period, Bronze Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival *1977 Diary of a lover Special Film Award of the British Film Institute, London Film Festival1977 Documenta 6 in Kassel *1980 order, Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival Participation in the Cannes Film Festival Week of directors . *1981 Grabbes Last Summer, three Grimme prices with Gold: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Male Actor. Best TV Movie of the Year , the price of the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture for best director . *1984 Utopia Award of the Academy of Performing Arts : Best Film of the year. *1991 Roses for Africa, International Film Festival Hof.

References

* Pardis Minuchehr,

External links

* * http://www.saless.de - a German homepage, devoted to the life and work of Saless *http://www.nostalgiafortheelsewhere.com/- A Retrospective homepage on German works of Shahid Saless {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaheed Salles, Sohrab 1944 births 1998 deaths German-language film directors Iranian film directors Iranian screenwriters People from Qazvin Persian-language film directors Silver Bear for Best Director recipients 20th-century screenwriters

Film career

Filmography as director

Awards and accolades

See also

References

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