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The Lead

6.019892h 10mMovieActionHistoryThriller

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…

DirectorMasoud Kimiai
WriterMasoud Kimiai
ProducersNasser Borhan Azad·Mohammad Hashem Sabooki

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Cast · Directed by Masoud Kimiai

HEHadi Eslami
Hadi Eslami
Nuri
ATAmin Tarokh
Amin Tarokh
Danial
FFFarimah Farjami
Farimah Farjami
Munes
FOFathali Oveisi
Fathali Oveisi
Yezghel
JMJalal Moghadam
Jalal Moghadam
Dentist
YR
Yadollah Rezvani
Meyer
HH
Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)
PKPoulad Kimiayi
Poulad Kimiayi
Child
JMJamshid Mashayekhi
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Mirza Mohsen
PSParvin Soleymani
Parvin Soleymani
Danial's mother
NKNersi Korkia
Nersi Korkia
Shamun
GLGholam-Hossein Lotfi
Gholam-Hossein Lotfi
Yaghub

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