The Fateful Day
The Fateful Day | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | Bahram Beyzai |
Based on | The Fateful Day byBahram Beyzaei |
Produced by | Morteza Shayesteh |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Maziar PartowAsghar Rafi'i Jam |
Edited by | Mehdi Rajaeian |
Music by | Majid Entezami |
Release date | 1995 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
The Fateful Day (Persian: روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by . Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."[1]
Beyzai's screenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made.[2] The script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie.
Plot[]
The story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.
Cast[]
- Ezzatolah Entezami as Abdullah
- Alireza Shoja Nouri
- Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz
- Jamshid Mashayekhi
- Reza Fayazi
- Zhaleh Olov
- Mehdi Fat'hi
- Hossein Panahi
- Ladan Mostofi
Production[]
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Awards[]
The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:[3]
- Best Makeup
- Best Set Design
- Best Musical Score
- Best Direction of a Second Feature Film
See also[]
- List of Islamic films
- List of Iranian films
- Bahram Beyzai filmography
Citations[]
References[]
- Winston Dixon, Wheeler (1998). The Transparency of Spectacle: Meditations on the Moving Image. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0791437827.
External links[]
- Persian-language films
- Films about Islam
- Iranian films
- 1994 films
- 1994 drama films
- Films based on works by Bahram Beyzai
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Film winners
- Iranian historical films
- Iranian film stubs