Without a Trace [bineshan] (1976) - (Iraj Ghaderi) Iranian film poster
This is a 23.5" x 31" Iranian poster designed by Bateni to promote the
1976 Bahram Mohammadipoor 88-minute black-and-white film Without a
Trace [bineshan] starring Iraj Ghaderi based on a screenplay by
Said Motalebi with cinematography by Dariush. The film was produced
by Ariana Film. Plot summary: In an accident a young man completely
forgot his past. He lived for three years with a new identity until
he met a girl and love grew between them. The girl helped him
remember his past and then they married.
Amir Arslan Namdar [امیر ارسلان نامدار] (1966) - (Fardin) Iranian film poster
This 27.5" x 13" Iranian poster was designed by Davvalu to promote the
1966 115-minute Esmail Kushan color film Amir Arsalan-e Namdar [امیر ارسلان نامدار]
starring Fardin based on a screenplay by Esmail Kushan with
cinematography by Mahmoud Kushan. The film was produced by the Pars
Film Studio. Plot summary: The screenplay is a musical developed from
a popular Persian legend that was first written as an epic poem by the
royal storyteller in the court of the 19th Century Iranian monarch
Nasser al-Din Shah. The tale is ostensibly set in the Third Century
during the Sasanian Dynasty, but it includes asynchronous references
to Islam in the lines of some of the characters. It is a mythical
account of the adventures of Prince Arsalan, heir to the throne of
Constantinople, who was born in Egypt because his mother had been
driven there by a European invasion. This particular movie adaptation
is a colorful production with bizarre demons, giants, dwarves,
sprites, fairies, dragons, conversations with animals, magical spells
and other mythical trappings. In his quest to recover his rightful
throne Prince Arsalan travels far and fights many battles, but of course he
always wins!
Cast and crew: Mohammad Ali Fardin, Esmail Kushan, Mahmoud Kushan, Farzaneh, Manuchehr Nozari, Hosein Mohseni, Jamshid Mehrdad, Hossein Amirfazli, Parisa, Ebrahim Kushan, Mohammad Kahenemout, Mohammad Taghi Kohanmui, Saber Atashin, Koorosh Kushan, Mashinchian, Reza Arefan, Ali Azarodi
King of Hearts [سلطان قلبها soltan-e qalb'ha] (1968) - (Fardin) Iranian film poster
This is a 27.5" x 13" Iranian poster designed by Ahang to promote the
1969 127-minute Mohamad Ali Fardin black-and-white film King of
Hearts [سلطان قلبها soltan-e qalb'ha] starring Fardin based on a screenplay
written by Fardin with cinematography by Ghodratallah Ehsani. Fardin
was Iran's most popular actor and the title of this famous musical
became his nickname. The film was produced by the Maysaghieh Studio.
Plot summary: After being in an accident in which each thought the
other had been killed, a young married couple named Setareh [Azar
Shiva] and Saeed [Fardin] lived separately for years. Saeed became a
famous singer and the woman lost her eyesight in an accident. Years
later Saeed happened to meet a little girl named Khorshid [Leila
Forouhar] without knowing she was his daughter; with financial help
from his wealthy fiancee, Saeed paid the expenses of an English doctor
to come to Iran and treat the girl's mother, without knowing she was
his missing wife. On the wedding night his wife and child appeared to
thank him. In this way the old couple found each other again after a
long time and began a new life together. Not told is the story of the
heartbreak and disappointment of the wealthy woman who had been
counting on a marriage to Saeed and who paid for the recovery of the
blind woman he actually married.
Cast and crew: Mohamad Ali Fardin, Aref Arefkia, Ahdieh Badiee, Leila Forouhar, Azar Shiva, Homayoun, Victoria, Habibollah Boloor, Jamshid Mehrdad, Niktaj Sabri, Gholamhossein Bahmanyar, Leila Forouhar, Mohammad Taghi Kohanmui, Yasmin
This is a 23.5" x 35.25" Iranian poster designed by Mahmoud Behnam to
promote the 1974 Dariush Kooshan film Let's Go
[بزن بریم bezan berim] starring Aref based on a screenplay by Parviz Khatib
with cinematography by Ghodratallah Ehsani. The film was produced by
the Pars Film Company. Plot summary: Ehsan was a wealthy man who had
a great liking for Eshrat, the sister of his deceased wife, but he
could not marry her because she had three young daughters who had to
find husbands first. However the three daughters always found some
pretext for refusing to marry. They would say they had to have
sufficient opportunity to find the husband of their heart's desire.
Ehsan feigned sickness so the girls would get married sooner for his
sake; He pretended he was about to die, so they would help him realize
his only wish, which was to have a son-in-law and grandchildren; he
succeeded.
