The Lead backdrop
The Lead poster
Trailer
The Lead
5.8
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2h 10m
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1989
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Hadi Eslami poster
Hadi Eslami
Nuri
Amin Tarokh poster
Amin Tarokh
Danial
Farimah Farjami poster
Farimah Farjami
Munes
Fathali Oveisi poster
Fathali Oveisi
Yezghel
Jalal Moghadam poster
Jalal Moghadam
Dentist
Yadollah Rezvani poster
Yadollah Rezvani
Meyer
Hossein Hosseinzadeh poster
Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)
Poulad Kimiayi poster
Poulad Kimiayi
Child
Jamshid Mashayekhi poster
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Mirza Mohsen
Parvin Solaymani poster
Parvin Solaymani
Danial's mother
Nersi Korkia poster
Nersi Korkia
Shamun
Gholam-Hossein Lotfi poster
Gholam-Hossein Lotfi
Yaghub
Hossein Memarzade poster
Hossein Memarzade
(voice)
Hassan Rafi'i poster
Hassan Rafi'i
Meyer's assistant
Mir Mohammad Tajaddod poster
Mir Mohammad Tajaddod
Eshagh
Shahed Ahmadlou poster
Shahed Ahmadlou
Siamak Ashariyyun poster
Siamak Ashariyyun
Abbas Ghajar poster
Abbas Ghajar
Nosratollah Karimi poster
Nosratollah Karimi
Farhad Khanmohammadi poster
Farhad Khanmohammadi

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