Haji Agha, the movie actor | Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema (1933)
Synopsis
Haji Agha is a conservative religious man who hates the cinema. His daughter secretly attends film school, where a director is looking for a story.
She suggests that her father would be a good subject. Haji Agha pursues a man who he believes has stolen his watch into the school, where his actions are secretly filmed by the students. Later he sees the film ... --bfi
Production Company: Pars Film Studio Producer:Avanes Oganians Director of Photography: Paolo Potemkin
Haji Agha is a traditional man who holds a hostile view of the motion pictures. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter and his son-in-law, Parviz, both are getting trained for acting.
Their director is desperately looking for a subject, and Parviz suggest that they follow Haji Agha and clandestinely shoot him. Director likes the idea. Poori, Haji Agha’s servant, who is also a member of the acting school snatches Haji Agha’s watch.
Haji Agha runs after him and the director shoots the following comic and surreal events of this chase… --IMDb
About this movie
Title: Haji Agha, the movie actor | Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema (1933)
Directed by: Ovanes Ohanian
Date of birth: 8 October 1896, Village Toog , Caucasia
Date of death: September 1961, Tehran, Iran
Writing credits: Ovanes Ohanian
Year: 1933
Country: Iran
Language: Silent
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 100 min.