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Saeed Amirsoleimani

Saeed Amirsoleimani

Acting

Biography

Saeed Amirsoleimani (born November 8, 1942, Tehran) made his stage debut in 1961 and made his film debut in 1973 in 'Lollipop' directed by Aman Manteqi. He is the father of well-known Iranian actress Kamand Amirsoleimani and actor Sepand Amirsoleimani. He has appeared in 'Sooteh Delan' (1977), 'The Red Line' (2001), 'The Great Brawl' (1984), 'The Great Day' (1988), 'Gold Tooth' (1991), 'The Devoted' (1991) and 'Bibi’s Dowry' (1994).

Known For

Hezar Dastan
6.8

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Hezar Dastan

1988Series
Bitter Coffee
4.8

The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.

Bitter Coffee

2010Series