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Hezar Dastan

Hezar Dastan

19886.51 Season16 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Created by Ali Hatami
Written by Ali Hatami
Produced by Mohammadmehdi Dadgoo, Ali Hatami
NetworksIRIB TV1

Top Cast

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)

Ali Nasirian

Ali Nasirian

Abolfath the Bookbinder

Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Shaban Ostadkhani a.k.a. Ostekhani

Davoud Rashidi

Davoud Rashidi

Moffatesh Shesh Angoshti

Jahangir Forouhar

Jahangir Forouhar

Baqer Mirza / Head Waiter at Grand Hotel

Hosein Gil

Hosein Gil

Seyyed Morteza

Jafar Vali

Jafar Vali

Head of Shahrbani

Zari Khoshkam

Zari Khoshkam

Amineh Aghdas

Leila Hatami

Leila Hatami

Young Amineh Aghdas

Themes & Keywords

world war iihistorical fictioniranqajar dynastyanglo-soviet invasion of iranconstitutional revolution

About Hezar Dastan

Hezar Dastan is a drama, history series that first aired in 1988 exploring themes of world war ii, historical fiction, iran, qajar dynasty, anglo-soviet invasion of iran, constitutional revolution. Created by Ali Hatami, it stars Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ali Nasirian, Ezzatollah Entezami. Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

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