Katayun Amir Ebrahimi
Acting
Biography
Katayun Amir Ebrahimi was an actress and singer who was born in Sanandaj, Iran. Her father worked for Iran's Foreign Ministry and her mother, an Azerbaijani from the city of Baku, was a sports teacher.She began her acting career with the film"Spiders Web" (1964) and was undoubtedly one of the larger pre-revolutionary figures of Iranian Film. Katayun, unfortunately dealing with breast cancer in recent years, has been left unable to act. She has two daughters, Nazi and Niloofar.
Known For
Always almost bankrupt weekly magazine run by a group of relatives and friends, they share moments of highs and lows that teaches them life lessons.
Bedon Sharh
Inspired by Iranian folk tales and reputed as the first Iranian musical movie, the film follows the story of the lazybones congenitally bald Hassan who is tricked out of the house by his mother. Then he learns about Chelgis, a girl kidnapped and kept by an ogre in his enchanted garden. Smitten by her beauty, Hassan tries to find a way to save her. In a public bathroom, he encounters his doppelganger. The doppelganger promises to fulfill his wishes in return for a fraction of his life. But when fulfilled, his wishes do not emerge the same he envisioned…
Hassan, the Bald
The film depicts the Christian West's attack on Jerusalem and the defense of Muslims led by Saladin. Believing that they will become rich and go to heaven if they capture Jerusalem, Christians led by Richard the Lionheart launch an attack. Saladin cannot find the support he expects from Muslim emirs. The Crusader armies are approaching Jerusalem, committing massacres along the way. Saladin, who has been wearing down the Crusaders with hit-and-run tactics for a long time, will defeat the Christians in the great battle and protect Jerusalem.
Selahattin Eyyubi
A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor families. He refuses that causing his two sons to leave him in his palace alone. But that cause ...
The Golden Palace
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Hashem Khan
A professor who found out a formula to make diamonds from oil is killed in Tehran and his nephew who is a spy is sent to Tehran by Interpol in order to find the formula.
Diamond 33
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
An elderly millionaire woman spends her last days longing to see her grandson and his fiancée. Her acquaintances attempt to fulfill her wish, but news arrives that her grandson has died in a plane crash. Knowing that she has never seen her grandson since he was a child, the elderly woman chooses a young mechanic as her heir and introduces a young woman as his fiancée. The elderly woman experiences some improvement in her condition, but during a real accident, she becomes aware of the truth. Meanwhile, her grandson arrives and reveals that he was not on that plane. The elderly woman confesses that she knew the truth all along but still wants the young mechanic and the girl who is now truly his fiancée to remain in her family.
Trees Die Standing
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Mardi az Esfahan
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Shahre gonah
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The Night of Angels
Two brothers are separated from each other during an accident in their childhood and after a long time they find each other, one is known as "the thief in black" and the other is a police officer.
Dozd-e Siyahpoush
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The Last Fight
Shamsi and her sister Saaghi set out from Shiraz to Tehran in search of work to support their elderly father. In her efforts to find a job, Shamsi discovers that employers intend to deceive women looking for work and reject them. She disguises herself as an tough guy and is hired as the driver for a wealthy man.
Champion Shamsi
Maryam, Morteza's wife, does not have children. Jalal is thinking of acquiring his wealth and to achieve his goal, he introduces a girl named Homa to Jalal. Morteza gradually falls in love with Homa and marries her.
Ma'shooghe
A poor young man is in love with a girl. But the young man has a wealthy rival whose goal is nothing but to have fun. The young man, who is trying to show his true love to the girl, lets her slip in a critical moment, and at the same time, the rich and fun-loving rival passes the door due to an accident, and the girl returns to the young man.
The Power of Love
Three taxi drivers who are friends try to help their friend who was in an accident.
Hungry Millionaires
A boy who inherits a massive fortune is raised by a well-digger after surviving his cousin's murder plot. In his youth, he crosses paths with his cousin once more, but this time a girl is caught in the middle—a girl born from the cousin's illicit affair with a village woman. Unaware that she is actually his own daughter, the cousin tries to snatch her away from the young man. However, the mother steps in just in time to reveal the truth, leading to the cousin finally facing justice.
The Man Without a Star
Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.
Tehran, an Unfinished History
This series tells the story of the life of an old man who sees the ghost of his wife and the type of relationship he has with his children and other family members leads to interesting and funny events.