Hassan, the Bald (1970)
Inspired by Iranian folk tales and reputed as the first Iranian musical movie, the film follows the story of the lazybones congenitally bald Hassan who is tricked out of the house by his mother. Then he learns about Chelgis, a girl kidnapped and kept by an ogre in his enchanted garden. Smitten by her beauty, Hassan tries to find a way to save her. In a public bathroom, he encounters his doppelganger. The doppelganger promises to fulfill his wishes in return for a fraction of his life. But when fulfilled, his wishes do not emerge the same he envisioned…
Director: Ali Hatami
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Parviz Sayyad as Hasan Kachal |
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Katayun Amir Ebrahimi as Chelgis |
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Hamide Kheyrabadi as Hasan's Mother |
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Sadegh Bahrami as |
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Hasan Khayat-Bashi as |
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Yadollah Shirandami as |
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Sirous Ebrahim Zadeh as |
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Hassan Raziani as |
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Sorayya Beheshti as |
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Manoucher Ahmadi as |
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Vahab Noorizadeh as |
| Directing | Ali Hatami | Director |
| Art | Hassan Paknezhad | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fereshteh Shafai | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iraj Safdari | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Amir Naderi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Nariman Piram | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Varuzhan | Music |
| Sound | Hossein Badihi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mahtab | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh | Music |
| Art | Hassan Pakzad | Production Design |
| Production | Ali Abbasi | Producer |
| Sound | Mirza Goodarzi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rubik Mansuri | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Ali Hatami | Writer |
| Sound | Babak Bayat | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nosratollah Kani | Director of Photography |