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1905-1960 |
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| 1905 | ||||
| – Sahaf Bashi opens the first cinema in Cheragh Gaz Avenue in Tehran. The cinema only lasts for a month after Bashi is arrested for political and religious motives and sent into exile. [MORE] | ||||
| 1929 | ||||
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– Russian national Ovanes Ohanian opens the Parvareshgahe Artistiye cinema (The Cinema Artist Educational Center) in Tehran. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
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– Ebrahim Moradi begins filming Entegham-e-Baradar (A Brother's Revenge). [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Ovanes Ohanian’s Abi va Rabi is released. The only copy of the film is burnt to ashes in a fire in Cinema Mayak in Tehran in 1931. [ADD] | ||||
| 1933 | ||||
| – Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz, directed by Ardeshir Irani for the Imperial Film Company, is the first Persian-language film to be produced. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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– Ebrahim Moradi’s silent film Bolhavas (The Lustful Man) is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1934 | ||||
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Dokhtar-e-Lor (The Lor Girl) (Abdul Hossein Sepenta) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Ferdousi (Abdul Hossein Sepenta) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Shireen va Farhad (Abdul Hossein Sepenta) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1935 | ||||
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| Cheshmhaye Siah (Black Eyes) (Abdul Hossein Sepenta) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1943 | ||||
| – Dubbing studios proliferate, as Hollywood films dominate and much of the Iranian population is illiterate and therefore unable to read subtitles. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1947 | ||||
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– Upon returning from Germany, economist Esmail Kooshan founds Mitra Film with the help of friends and relatives. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1948 | ||||
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– Toofan-e-Zendegi, the first film produced by Esmail Kooshan’s Mitra Film is released. It is directed by Ali Daryabegi, a theatre director with no experience of directing films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Iran 1948: Other Films of Note |
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Zendani-e-Amir (Amir's Prisoner) (Eshmail Kooshan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1949 | ||||
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Vareiteh bahar (Parviz Khatibi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1950 | ||||
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Sharmsar (Esmail Kushan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Velgard (Mehdi Reisfirooz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1952 | ||||
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Velgard (Vagabond) (Mehdi Rais Firuz) [MORE] [ADD] |