Film

The Lead

1989 · 2h 10m · Action · History · Thriller

IMDb

6.4

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.

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

• Masoud KimiaiDirector · Editor · Writer
• Mohammad Hashem SabookiProducer
• Nasser Borhan AzadExecutive Producer
• Mahmoud KalariDirector of Photography

Release date

February 1, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Persian

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Action, History, Thriller