The Stranger and the Fog

Stranger and the Fog
Film poster
Directed byBahram Beyzai
Written byBahram Beyzai
Produced byMohammad Taghi Shokraee
Starring
  • Khosrow Shoja'zadeh
  • Parvaneh Massoumi
  • Manuchehr Farid
  • Esmat Safavi
  • Vali Shirandami
  • Sami Tahassoni
  • Reza Yaghouti
  • Esmail Pourreza
Cinematography
  • Mehrdad Fakhimi
  • Parviz Malekzadeh
  • Firouz Malekzadeh
Edited byBahram Beyzai
Production
companies
  • Rex Cinema & Theatre Company
  • Compagnie de Cinema
Release dates
1974 (Iran)
  • October 18, 1976 (1976-10-18) (TIFF)
  • September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) (NYFF)
(restored)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Stranger and the Fog (Persian: غریبه و مه, romanized: Gharibeh Va Meh) is a 1974 Iranian drama mystery film written and directed Bahram Beyzai. The peaceful lives of the people in a village are disrupted when a mysterious, suspicious man with no memory appears in a boat. It stars Khosrow Shoja'zadeh, Parvaneh Massoumi, Manuchehr Farid, Esmat Safavi, Vali Shirandami, Sami Tahassoni, Reza Yaghouti, and Esmail Pourreza.[1][2]

In 2023, he film was restored in 4K by Janus Films and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation, and the restored version premiered at the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.[3][4]

  1. ^ "The Stranger and the Fog | Wexner Center for the Arts". wexarts.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ "The Stranger and the Fog". MIFF 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ "Janus Films — The Stranger and the Fog". www.janusfilms.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (2024-08-19). "Bahrām Beyzaie's Surreal 'The Stranger and the Fog' Is Restored in 4K for 50th Anniversary — Watch Trailer". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-11-16.