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

 

Cast: Habibollah Morad, Abbas-Khan Tahbaz, Asia Ghostantin, Avanes Oganians, Zema Ohanian, Abbas-Gholi Edalatpour, Gholam-Hossein Sohrabi-fard

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

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