''The Mission'' ( fa, فرستاده, Ferestadeh) is a 1983 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by and starring

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 ...

. It was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, ''Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...

Plot

Cast

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

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* 1983 films 1983 drama films American drama films 1980s Persian-language films Films directed by Parviz Sayyad 1980s English-language films 1983 multilingual films American multilingual films 1980s American films {{1980s-drama-film-stub