The Lead

The Lead (1989)

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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.

Director: Masoud Kimiai

Casts

	Hadi Eslami as Nuri
	Amin Tarokh as Danial
	Farimah Farjami as Munes
	Fathali Oveisi as Yezghel
	Jalal Moghadam as Dentist
	Yadollah Rezvani as Meyer
	Hossein Hosseinzadeh as Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)
	Poulad Kimiayi as Child
	Jamshid Mashayekhi as Mirza Mohsen
	Parvin Soleymani as Danial's mother
	Nersi Korkia as Shamun
	Gholam-Hossein Lotfi as Yaghub
	Hossein Memarzade as (voice)
	Hassan Rafi'i as Meyer's assistant
	Mir Mohammad Tajaddod as Eshagh
	Shahed Ahmadlou as
	Siamak Ashariyyun as
	Abbas Ghajar as
	Farhad Khanmohammadi as
	Mahmood Rahiminezhad as
	Mehdi Sabooki as
	Aghdas Sehhatbakhsh as
	Saeid Pirdoost as
	Nosratollah Karimi as

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