Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1934)
A director (Ovanes Ohanian) looks for a subject for his movie and someone suggests that he films Haji Agha secretly. Haji is very rich and frowns upon cinema. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director with the film as well. Haji's watch gets lost, and he suspects his servant. Haji and his son-in-law start chasing him. At first, they tail him to the dentist's, and then they meet a fakir who claims he can find the lost watch. He does some strange things. The director photographs Haji all the time. Then Haji watches the film and becomes aware of the true merits of cinema.
Director:
Ovanes Ohanian
Writer:
Ovanes Ohanian
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Ovanes Ohanian as The director |
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Habibollah Morad as Haji Agha |
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Abbas-Gholi Edalatpour as Puri |
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Asia Ghostantin as Parvin |
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Zema Ohanian as Pari |
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Gholam-Hossein Sohrabi-Fard as Monsieur Abi |
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Abbas-Kahn Tahbaz as Parviz |
| Directing | Ovanes Ohanian | Director |
| Writing | Ovanes Ohanian | Screenplay |
| Editing | Ovanes Ohanian | Editor |
| Crew | Ebrahim Moradi | Cinematography |
| Crew | Paolo Potemkin | Cinematography |