The Lead
01/02/1989
2h 10m



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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.
Cast


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 Soleymani
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
Siamak Ashariyyun
Abbas Ghajar
Farhad Khanmohammadi
Mahmood Rahiminezhad
Mehdi Sabooki
Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh


Saeid Pirdoost


Nosratollah Karimi
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