The Cow (1969 film)

The Cow
DVD cover
Directed byDariush Mehrjui
Written byDariush Mehrjui
Gholam Hossein Saedi
Produced byDariush Mehrjui
StarringEzzatolah Entezami
Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Parviz Fannizadeh
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Ali Nassirian
Ezatallah Ramezanifar
Esmat Safavi
Jafar Vali
CinematographyFereydon Ghovanlou
Music byHormoz Farhat
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

The Cow (Persian: گاو, Gāv, Gaav, or Gav) is a 1969 Iranian film directed by Dariush Mehrjui, written by Gholam-Hossein Saedi based on his own play and novel, and starring Ezzatolah Entezami as Masht Hassan. Some critics consider it the first film of the Iranian New Wave.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ A different lens
  2. ^ “The Cow” and the Birth of Iranian New Wave
  3. ^ Young, Deborah (2002-03-08). "Bemani / To Stay Alive". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-17.