Hezar Dastan
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| Directed by | Ali Hatami |
| Starring | Ezzatolah Entezami Jamshid Mashayekhi Mohamad Ali Keshavarz Davoud Rashidi |
| Distributed by | Channel 1 |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 720 minutes |
| Language | Persian |
Hezar-Dastan 1978-1987 is a highly popular TV series in Iran directed by Ali Hatami.Hezar Dastan is considered as eternal work in the history of Iranian TV.Hatami established a small town as historical site in which he made Hezar Dastan. In 2006,Hezar Dastan was voted by the Association of Iranian movies and TV critics as the best Iranian TV series ever made.
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[edit] Story
Ghazarian jewelry-shop is robbed by the six-fingered inspector. A set of jewelry, belonging to Master Mozafar's daughter-in-law is among the jewels. Master Mozafar, who used to be the governor of the city of Kerman asks the Head of the Police Department in Tehran to locate the missing jewels. All of the pieces of jewelry are finally found, except for a necklace.
The corrupt inspector, whose position has become shaky, retreats to Mashad. He asserts pressure on Reza Khoshnevis, the famous calligrapher, to hand over his wealth to him. It is then that Reza recounts the story of his life under torture.
[edit] Partial cast
- Ezzatolah Entezami — Hezardastan
- Jamshid Mashayekhi — Reza Khoshnevis/Reza Tofangchi
- Mohamad Ali Keshavarz — Shaban Ostekhani
- Davoud Rashidi — Mofattesh shesh angoshti
- Jahangir Forouhar — Mofattesh e Nazmie
- Mohamad Motie — Gholam amme
[edit] Trivia
The movie was censored numerous times before it was cleared for screening by Islamic organizations in Iran.
