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Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actor. Graduated from theater and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui's admired classic film, The Cow(Gaav), received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971. He shined in the role of a naive villager who cannot endure the death of his beloved cow and starts to believe that he is the cow himself. He is known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in history of the cinema of Iran. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (eight films), Ali Hatami (four films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from the International Fajr Film Festival, for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel. His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.

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Movies Starring Ezzatollah Entezami (58)

Oboist (2017)

A documentary about Majid Entezami (Persian: مجید انتظامی) (born 9 March 1948). Entezami is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician, and oboist. ...

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The Teacher without Master (2016)

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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report (2016)

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers. ...

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The Maritime Silk Road (2011)

A young student of Shiraz university joins Captain Soleiman on a maritime journey to China in 11th BC. ...

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And the blue sky (2010)

An intimate documentary shedding light on the life of veteran Iranian actor, Ezzatollah Entezami. ...

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Forties (2010)

Negar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to collaborate with an Iranian expat Orchestra leader, she... ...

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Motherland (2009)

After Islamic Revolution in Iran, many iranians left Iran .now some of them returns to their motherland. 2. A German scientist investigated whether turtles which left Iranian beaches returns to their motherland after thirty years or not. ...

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The Green Fire (2008)

Based on an ancient story Sang-e Sabor it's the story of a girl Nardaneh who one day hears a voice telling her that soon she will marry with a dead man. One day she enters a castle and in one of it's room finds a dead body with a book beside it. She begins ...

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Colors of Memory (2008)

The film relates the story of a surgeon (Doctor Pārsā) who returns to Iran after living in Germany for 33 years. Arriving in Tehran, Doctor Pārsā performs a heart operation on the nephew of the family friend Mr Ghanāti. Mr Ghanāti urges him to travel ...

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The Night (2007)

A sergeant who is on a mission to take a criminal to the prison is forced to spend a night with him in Mashhad. ...

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Jamshid Mashayekhi (2007)

Documentary about Iranian actor Jamshid Mashayekhi (Persian: جمشید مشایخی, November 26, 1934 – April 2, 2019). ...

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Verdict (2005)

Sahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal the house and injure him. They decide to flee Forouzande from Iran to another country. They go ... ...

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To be a Star (2005)

Pooneh Golkar who is an actor of minor roles, wants to be a star. Her father is a theater actor of the old times who is paralyzed resting at home. She provides for a short but influential role playing by her father. When the old man appears at the shooting ...

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A Place to Live (2004)

Six young men—Pouya, Reza, Abbas, Hossein, Saeed, and Mojtaba—live together in a Tehran dormitory during the last days of the year. The film observes their daily routines, small struggles, and shared hopes. ...

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The River's End (2004)

A young man leaves his birthplace, Isfahan, to come to capital city ,Tehran, to forgot his childhood memories. He is the storyteller and he tarts revealing his dreams which have been started a few months after the death of his father. ...

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The Insane Flew Away (2003)

Yalda is married to Rouzbeh who is an injure of war. Rouzbeh's health getting worse and they should hospitalize him. Although Yalda loves Rouzbeh very much but she begins to doubt her ... ...

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Summit of the Wave (2003)

Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work. ...

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A House Built on Water (2002)

Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he r ...

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Twilight (2001)

Follows police detective Mohammad Alavi as he tries to deal with the death of his wife and daughters, and solve the case of a murdered woman. ...

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The Mix (2000)

An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the Fajr Film Festival. ...

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Once Upon a Time in Tehran (1999)

The second feature film to be edited using footage from Hatami's miniseries Hezar Dastan. ...

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Takhti (1997)

Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director wants to carry out research on the life of the champion, and it wo ...

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Punishment Committe (1997)

In Tehran 1916 during first world war a group of patriots make a punishment committee to punish the traitors. With the lead of Abolfatooh Mirza, Reza Tofangchi begins the assassinations. ...

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Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996)

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae. Stardust Stricken -- Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait documents the work o ...

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The Blue-Veiled (1995)

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abando ...

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The Fateful Day (1995)

As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth. ...

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Battle of Oil Tankers (1994)

During Iran-Iraq war the Iraqi army was attacking the Iranian oil tankers repeatedly. A young captain decides to pass an oil tanker through the enemy lines and deliver it to overseas. He ... ...

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Day of the Angel (1993)

Nyatollah is a rich stingy guy who loves money. One day when he goes to the court to do a job for a friend he is thrown from the roof. This is the beginning of his acquaintance with Djin and the beginning of his adventure. ...

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Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century ...

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The Lady (1992)

Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnan ...

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Hamoon (1990)

Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong. ...

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Eye of the Hurricane (1989)

During the Second World War and the occupation of Iran by the Allied army, Dr. Rastan goes to Ih Qashqai to treat his sister's husband. There, he is introduced to Amir Houshang, the elders of the tribal elders, and Ghobad's rebels. He returns to Shiraz. Hi ...

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The Ship Angelica (1989)

Many years ago The Angelica which was carrying gold and silver from the Portuguese to the Arab Sheykhs had been sunk in the Persian Gulf. Ahmad Beyk manages to find the place of it and is after ... ...

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Grand Cinema (1989)

This is a fictional story of early days of cinema theaters in Iran in early 20th century in the dawn of Persian constitutional revolution. Roosi Khan and Aghaiev who are supported by ... ...

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Shirak (1988)

Set against the stunning landscape of rural Iran, Shirak is a symbolic rural drama centered on a young boy who lives in a small agricultural village that is being terrorized by wild boars. When his father is mauled to death by the boars during an attack on ...

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The Suitcase (1988)

On a road trip to the north the members of the family find a suitcase. They want to open it but the head of the family is not allowing them. This marks the beginning of the adventures for them in the rest of their trip. ...

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The Stone Lion (1987)

When a British officer is found dead on a pipeline, tensions rise between a local tribe and authorities. ...

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The Tenants (1987)

A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord. ...

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Jafar Khan is back from the West (1985)

Jafar Khan, son of a rich traditional family in Tehran, comes back to Iran after spending 8 years for studying in Europe, but he has changed completely to the extent that he cannot even speaks Farsi properly. ...

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Kamalolmolk (1984)

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings. ...

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The House of Spider (1983)

Four persons, each of whom represents a particular aspect of a dependent society, hide in a villa located in the north of Iran. They are all involved in Operation Eagle Claw waiting to see its success. When the operations fails, their relations change. The ...

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Hajji Washington (1983)

Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inab ...

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The School We Went To (1980)

Students of a guidance school try to stand up against vice-principal's oppressing rules. ...

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First Case, Second Case (1979)

A documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking behind the master's back. ...

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The Cycle (1978)

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood. ...

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The Sleeping Lion (1977)

The actions of the Russian and British embassies and the security forces of the central forces have made the people miserable. Mahmoud Khan, who is the secretary of the British Embassy, resigns from his job in the British Embassy and joins the people and i ...

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The Divine One (1976)

Mr. Mavadat in a party in his garden gets poisonous and his friends have to take him to doctor Hatam. But the doctor hides many dark secrets in his basement which are revealed little by little. ...

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Resurrection of Love (1973)

Hossein the fabric seller, before dying, bequeaths to Mr. Kamal, a pious and ascetic man, to accept the guardianship of his daughter Golrokh. Mr. Kamal takes the girl to his home. Gradually, both Mr. Kamal and his young son become fond of Golrokh. ...

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Resurrection of Love (1973)

Hossein Bazaz on his death bed wants Kamal (Ezatollah Entezami) who is a pious man to be the guardian of his only daughter Golrokh. Kamal's wife disagree because of their young boy Ahmad who lives with them at home. Kamal brings the girl to their house but ...

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Sattar Khan (1972)

Based on the true story of the Azari war hero, Satar Khan, during the time of the Constitutional Revolution. The story follows Satar and Heidar as they join another hero Bagher Khan. ...

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Sadegh the Kurd (1972)

Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife is getting killed. The police are after the murderer but Sadegh who ...

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Bita (1972)

Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh. ...

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The Postman (1972)

A political metaphor based on Buchner's "Woyzeck": a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder. ...

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Mr. Gullible (1970)

The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage. ...

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The Cow (1969)

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns. ...

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Movies Made By Ezzatollah Entezami (1)

Day of the Angel (1993)

Nyatollah is a rich stingy guy who loves money. One day when he goes to the court to do a job for a friend he is thrown from the roof. This is the beginning of his acquaintance with Djin and the beginning of his adventure. ...

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