Qeysar (film)
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Qeysar (Persian: قیصر; English: Caesar; alternative titles in English include: Qaiser,[1] and Gheisar)[2] is a 1969 film by Iranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai. The film was considered a "landmark in the Iranian cinema"[3] and led to a new trend for brooding noir dramas in which outraged family honor is avenged.[4]
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Directed by | Masoud Kimiai |
Written by | Masoud Kimiai |
Starring | Behrouz Vossoughi Pouri Banai Naser Malek Motiee Jamshid Mashayekhi Bahman Mofid |
Music by | Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
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Behrooz Vossoughi as the eponymous hero Qeysar, became a well known actor in Iranian cinema.[5] Sadegh Khalkhali, an Iranian Shia cleric and politician, spoke openly in 1980 about this film no longer to be shown after the Iranian Revolution.[6]
It was remade in Turkish as Alın Yazısı (1972) starring Cüneyt Arkın.[7][8][9]