The Lead (1989)
2h 10m
Running Time
February 1, 1989Release Date
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 & Crew.
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
Tirdad Sakhai
Writer
Mir Mohammad Tajaddod
Eshagh
Masoud Kimiai
Director / Editor / Writer
Mohammad Hashem Sabooki
Producer
Nasser Cheshmazar
Music
Iraj Raminfar
Costume Design / Art Direction
Jalal Moayyerian
Makeup Designer
Mohammad Torabnia
Assistant Director
Rubik Mansuri
Sound Mixer
Najaf Fattahi
Special Effects
Nasser Borhan Azad
Executive Producer
Said Dalir
Special Effects
Mahmoud Kalari
Director of Photography
Giti Pashayi
Music
Ahmad Ahmadpoor
Sound Mixer
Alireza Aghabalaiy
Assistant Director
Akbar Esfahani
Still Photographer
Siamak Ashariyyun
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1989
Original Nameسرب
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Genres
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