The Lead

The story

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

H Hadi EslamiNuri A Amin TarokhDanial F Farimah FarjamiMunes F Fathali OveisiYezghel J Jalal MoghadamDentist Y Yadollah RezvaniMeyer H Hossein HosseinzadehHaj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein) P Poulad KimiayiChild J Jamshid MashayekhiMirza Mohsen P Parvin SoleymaniDanial's mother N Nersi KorkiaShamun G Gholam-Hossein LotfiYaghub

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H Hossein Memarzade(voice) H Hassan Rafi'iMeyer's assistant M Mir Mohammad TajaddodEshagh S Shahed Ahmadlou S Siamak Ashariyyun A Abbas Ghajar F Farhad Khanmohammadi M Mahmood Rahiminezhad M Mehdi Sabooki A Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh S Saeid Pirdoost N Nosratollah Karimi