The Lead

The Lead

1989 fa 130 minutes

Rating: 5.8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Hadi Eslami

Hadi Eslami

Nuri

Amin Tarokh

Amin Tarokh

Danial

Farimah Farjami

Farimah Farjami

Munes

Fathali Oveisi

Fathali Oveisi

Yezghel

Jalal Moghadam

Jalal Moghadam

Dentist

Yadollah Rezvani

Yadollah Rezvani

Meyer

Hossein Hosseinzadeh

Hossein Hosseinzadeh

Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)

Poulad Kimiayi

Poulad Kimiayi

Child

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Mirza Mohsen

Parvin Solaymani

Parvin Solaymani

Danial's mother

Nersi Korkia

Nersi Korkia

Shamun

Gholam-Hossein Lotfi

Gholam-Hossein Lotfi

Yaghub

Hossein Memarzade

Hossein Memarzade

(voice)

Hassan Rafi'i

Hassan Rafi'i

Meyer's assistant

Mir Mohammad Tajaddod

Mir Mohammad Tajaddod

Eshagh

Shahed Ahmadlou

Shahed Ahmadlou

Siamak Ashariyyun

Siamak Ashariyyun

Abbas Ghajar

Abbas Ghajar

Nosratollah Karimi

Nosratollah Karimi

Farhad Khanmohammadi

Farhad Khanmohammadi

Mahmood Rahiminezhad

Mahmood Rahiminezhad

Mehdi Sabooki

Mehdi Sabooki

Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh

Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh

Saeid Pirdoost

Saeid Pirdoost

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