The Lead
Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.
The Lead
February 1, 1989
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Cast (24)
Hadi Eslami
Nuri
Amin Tarokh
Danial
Farimah Farjami
Munes
Fathali Oveisi
Yezghel
Jalal Moghadam
Dentist
Yadollah Rezvani
Meyer
Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)
Poulad Kimiayi
Child
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Mirza Mohsen
Parvin Solaymani
Danial's mother
Nersi Korkia
Shamun
Gholam-Hossein Lotfi
Yaghub
Hossein Memarzade
(voice)
Hassan Rafi'i
Meyer's assistant
Mir Mohammad Tajaddod
Eshagh
Shahed Ahmadlou
N/A
Abbas Ghajar
N/A
Mehdi Sabooki
N/A
Saeid Pirdoost
N/A
Crew (19)
Directing
Masoud Kimiai
Director
Nosratollah Karimi
Assistant Director
Mohammad Torabnia
Assistant Director
Alireza Aghabalaiy
Assistant Director
Writing
Masoud Kimiai
Writer
Production
Mohammad Hashem Sabooki
Producer
Nasser Borhan Azad
Executive Producer
Sound
Art
Iraj Raminfar
Art Direction
Camera
Mahmoud Kalari
Director of Photography
Akbar Esfahani
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
Jalal Moayyerian
Makeup Designer
Iraj Raminfar
Costume Design
Crew
Najaf Fattahi
Special Effects
Said Dalir
Special Effects
Editing
Masoud Kimiai
Editor