The Lead

The Lead (1989)

Action History Thriller

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.

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  • Release Date: 1989-02-01
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Director: Masoud Kimiai

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Cast

  • 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

  • Siamak Ashariyyun

  • Abbas Ghajar

  • Farhad Khanmohammadi

  • Mahmood Rahiminezhad

  • Mehdi Sabooki

  • Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh

  • Saeid Pirdoost

  • Nosratollah Karimi