Qeysar (film)

Qeysar
Directed byMasoud Kimiai
Written byMasoud Kimiai
StarringBehrouz Vossoughi
Pouri Banai
Naser Malek Motiee
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Bahman Mofid
Music byEsfandiar Monfaredzadeh
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Qeysar (Persian: قیصر; English: Caesar; alternative titles in English include: Qaiser,[1] and Gheisar)[2] is a 1969 film by Iranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai. The film was considered a "landmark in the Iranian cinema"[3] and led to a new trend for brooding noir dramas in which outraged family honor is avenged.[4]

Behrooz Vossoughi as the eponymous hero Qeysar, became a well known actor in Iranian cinema.[5] Sadegh Khalkhali, an Iranian Shia cleric and politician, spoke openly in 1980 about this film no longer to be shown after the Iranian Revolution.[6]

It was remade in Turkish as Alın Yazısı (1972) starring Cüneyt Arkın.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Naficy, Hamid (2011-09-16). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978. Duke University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-8223-4774-3.
  2. ^ Ghorbankarimi, Maryam (2015-10-13). A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women's Representation in Iranian Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4438-8469-3.
  3. ^ Cinemaya: The Asian Film Magazine, Issues 22-26, A. Vasudev, 1993.
  4. ^ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Women In Islamic Cinema, Reaktion Books, 2004, pp.38-39.
  5. ^ "Iranian Cinema: Massoud Kimiaei". Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  6. ^ "صادق خلخالی: اگر همه سینما‌ها هم تعطیل شوند نباید فیلم قیصر را به نمایش گذاشت" [Sadegh Khalkhali: If all cinemas are closed, Qaysar should not be shown]. fa (in Persian). Entekhab.ir. July 3, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  7. ^ "İzlemeyen Çok Şey Kaybeder! Onedio Editörleri Olarak Bu Ay İzleyip Önerdiğimiz 13 Dizi/Film".
  8. ^ "Cüneyt Arkın Filmleri | Tüm Zamanların en İyi 22 Cüneyt Arkın Filmi". 4 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Alın Yazısı (1972): Bir Zamanlar İstanbul - Cüneyt Arkın, Erol Taş". 27 January 2013.