Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1934)

1h 15m
Running Time

January 31, 1934
Release Date

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1934)

1h 15m
Running Time

January 31, 1934
Release Date

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Plot.

A director (Ovanes Ohanian) looks for a subject for his movie and someone suggests that he films Haji Agha secretly. Haji is very rich and frowns upon cinema. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director with the film as well. Haji's watch gets lost, and he suspects his servant. Haji and his son-in-law start chasing him. At first, they tail him to the dentist's, and then they meet a fakir who claims he can find the lost watch. He does some strange things. The director photographs Haji all the time. Then Haji watches the film and becomes aware of the true merits of cinema.

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Cast & Crew.

Ovanes Ohanian

Ovanes Ohanian

The director / Director / Screenplay / Editor

Habibollah Morad

Habibollah Morad

Haji Agha

Abbas-Gholi Edalatpour

Abbas-Gholi Edalatpour

Puri

Asia Ghostantin

Asia Ghostantin

Parvin

Zema Ohanian

Zema Ohanian

Pari

Gholam-Hossein Sohrabi-Fard

Gholam-Hossein Sohrabi-Fard

Monsieur Abi

Abbas-Kahn Tahbaz

Abbas-Kahn Tahbaz

Parviz

Ebrahim Moradi

Ebrahim Moradi

Cinematography

Paolo Potemkin

Paolo Potemkin

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
January 31, 1934

Original Name
حاجی آقا آکتور سینما

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 15m

Genres

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Wiki.

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (in Persian: حاجی آقا آکتور سینما; transliterated as Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema) is a 1933 Iranian comedy film directed by Iranian-Armenian director, Ovannes Oganian and one of a few remaining Iranian silent films. This was Ohaninan's second film in Iran after the success of Abi and Rabi, his first silent film. The film reflects the clash between tradition and modernity in Iranian society in the early 1930s. While Abi and Rabi (1930) did well commercially, Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema did not succeed at the box office due to its technical shortcomings and the fact that its release coincided with the first Persian talkie, Dokhtar-e Lor.

The film tells the story of a film director (played by Ohanian himself) who is searching for a subject for his film, when he receives a suggestion to film Haji Agha, a wealthy conservative man. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director orchestrate a series of events that enable the director to film Haji in action. When the film is finished and Haji views it, he sees his own image on the screen and, enthralled by it, begins to appreciate the merits of cinema.

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