Mehri Vadadian

Acting

Mehri Vadadian

Born — Died

1925-12-31 — 2011-02-28

Place of birth

Tehran, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Known for

Ghalandar poster
6.5

Ghalandar feels bothered by the suitors wooing for his sister Eshrat. But for a secret reason he does not want to marry her off. As a way out, he asks his trusted friend Sadegh to marry his sister, but warns him about making love with her. Sadegh tries to keep his promise, but when he leaves his wife immediately after the wedding ceremony for the capital, Eshrat follows and joins him and his mother. Unable to bear with the taunts of mother, Sadegh eventually breaks his oath and takes his legal wife to bed. Informed of this betrayal, Ghalandar waylays Sadegh at a dark night and stabs him to death. Eshrat, suspecting who is behind this murder, flees and joins a whorehouse, intent to exact her revenge by staining the name of his so-far respectable brother...

Ghalandar

1972

Accusation poster
NR

Sadeq (Bahman Mofid) and Hojjat (Manouchehr Vosouq) are two cousins.

Accusation

1974

Punishment poster
NR

Malook (Criminal Angel), the daughter of the local hero (Valiullah Shirandam), runs away from her father's house to fulfill her dreams and joins a group of vagrants who call themselves "hippies"...

Punishment

1973

Hezar Dastan poster
7.2

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Hezar Dastan

1988

The Brave Men of Tangestan poster
NR

England attacked south of Iran on the pretext of the siege, by Ahmed Ristini, the Syrian, and, with the exception of the titular, the strong prince of the lye, in defence of Persia and the British are cut down to defend the people of England, who attack from land and water to the south, Ali de la Chevreuse, and who robbed the poor and the poor.

The Brave Men of Tangestan

1975

My Uncle Napoleon poster
8.2

An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in personality and incident. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family. A hilarious series which makes fun of just about everything.

My Uncle Napoleon

1976

Film credits

1980s · 8 titles

Let Me Live poster
NR

A man divorces his wife by having two children. She is an accounting officer and is now unemployed.

Let Me Live

1986

Fisheries poster
4.0

A man who is the cause of his former life, and who suspects that he will expose the old chief

Fisheries

1983

Hajji Washington poster
5.6

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 inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.

Hajji Washington

1983

Hunt poster
4.0

A truck is moving from the south to Tehran. On the way, during an accident, a fugitive passenger secretly gets into the truck...

Hunt

1987

The Grandfather poster
8.0

A man decides to sell the old family house to move into a modern apartment in the suburbs, and at the same time decides to send his father to a nursing home.

The Grandfather

1986

The Brave Die Standing poster
NR

The first story: a teacher's daughter who is related to a group of revolutionaries, is arrested and tortured. He who is not willing to give his information to the agents of the security organization will be executed. The second story: A young revolutionary named Mehdi is arrested and tortured. He condemns the royal system in the court of order. The agents torture and execute him. The third incident: Ayatollah Taleghani who is in prison is being tortured. He resisted so much that he was released in the blind revolution, along with other political prisoners.

The Brave Die Standing

1980

Border poster
NR

This film was the first feature film about the Iran-Iraq war that was made and released.

Border

1981

Chrysanthemum poster
6.0

Abbas is set to be released after 20 years in prison But on the day of his release, Abbas dies.Abbas's wife could not give the news to her blind child.

Chrysanthemum

1984

1970s · 34 titles

Ghalandar poster
6.5

Ghalandar feels bothered by the suitors wooing for his sister Eshrat. But for a secret reason he does not want to marry her off. As a way out, he asks his trusted friend Sadegh to marry his sister, but warns him about making love with her. Sadegh tries to keep his promise, but when he leaves his wife immediately after the wedding ceremony for the capital, Eshrat follows and joins him and his mother. Unable to bear with the taunts of mother, Sadegh eventually breaks his oath and takes his legal wife to bed. Informed of this betrayal, Ghalandar waylays Sadegh at a dark night and stabs him to death. Eshrat, suspecting who is behind this murder, flees and joins a whorehouse, intent to exact her revenge by staining the name of his so-far respectable brother...

Ghalandar

1972

Accusation poster
NR

Sadeq (Bahman Mofid) and Hojjat (Manouchehr Vosouq) are two cousins.

Accusation

1974

Punishment poster
NR

Malook (Criminal Angel), the daughter of the local hero (Valiullah Shirandam), runs away from her father's house to fulfill her dreams and joins a group of vagrants who call themselves "hippies"...

Punishment

1973

Akbar Passage poster
NR

Akbar, after completing his period of exile, goes to Tehran to attend the wedding ceremony of his brother Habib and Maryam. But when he arrives, he finds that a mourning chamber has been set up for his brother instead.

Akbar Passage

1972

Reza Haft-Khat poster
10.0

Reza Haft-Khat and his friend Mamal live by gambling and extortion. Reza pretends to be proficient in business affairs and in this way he meets Aghdas, Mirza's daughter, and promises to marry her.

Reza Haft-Khat

1972

You Got Wrong Babies poster
NR

Parvin meets a young man named Jalal Agha-Balakhan on the street and takes him to his friend Azar's birthday party. Jalal, who is a mechanic, introduces himself as a engineer Omidvar. Parvin also pretends that his father is a police colonel. Azar is also interested in Jalal; But soon Bahram, Azar's friend, seeing Jalal in the mechanical workshop, doubts Jalal's job and social status and discusses the matter with Azar and Parvin.

You Got Wrong Babies

1974

Evildoers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Evildoers

1973

The Lover poster
NR

A man from a respectable and rich family is fascinated by a derelict woman. He intends to marry her, and despite his family’s disagreement, he does it. But the former lover of the girl remains intrusive, until she kills him to defend herself. She becomes imprisoned, but after being released from the prison, the family of her husband finally accept her.

The Lover

1972

Mard dar atash poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mard dar atash

1976

Downpour poster
6.8

Well-educated and humble teacher Mr Hekmati arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman who nurses her elderly mother and raises her young brother.

Downpour

1972

Nemat Nafti poster
NR

A capricious man who is suspicious of his wife spells her out of the house with her little son Nemat who is a cripple. The boy grows up while working in various jobs from selling oil in

Nemat Nafti

1973

Prince Ehtejab poster
6.2

Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife.

Prince Ehtejab

1975

Friday poster
NR

Four men: Akbar, a taxi driver, Mansour, a government employee, Mustafa, a boxer, and Qasem, a smuggler, return a man's stolen wallet, and the man issues a check for forty thousand tomans in their names as a reward. The next day is a holiday, and they, who do not trust each other, move into Mansour's house. Mansour lives with his wife and daughter Marzieh, and Mustafa falls in love with the girl, who has already been deceived. Mustafa defeats his opponent in the Asian qualifying match, which is held on Friday. In the meantime, Qasem arranges with his friends to be ready on Saturday when the check is collected and to steal the wallet. Qasem's accomplices intervene, and Mansour is killed in a fight with Qasem's bullets. Qasem is arrested, and Mansour, at the last moment, hands his daughter over to Mustafa.

Friday

1977

Samad and King Solomon's Carpet poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Samad and King Solomon's Carpet

1971

Tight Spot poster
5.7

This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his childhood heroes, the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-man war against four swindlers and provoked wide spread popular sentiment against tyranny.

Tight Spot

1973

Goodbye, Friend poster
9.0

Three friends organize the burglary of a jewelry shop, but greed, betrayal, and revenge quickly overcome their friendship.

Goodbye, Friend

1970

Strait poster
6.3

After getting involved in a brawl with three brothers, Ali accidently kills one of them and runs for his life.

Strait

1973

Faseleh poster
NR

Mahdi (Morteza Aghili), who has a poor life with her mother (Mehri Vedadian) and her father Ous Hussein (Abbas Nazeri), is introduced to a wealthy girl named Gul (Alicen Vigen) whose father Hesam Khan (Kheshayar) has left her And he warns against Mahdi.

Faseleh

1975

Under the Skin of the Night poster
6.5

In one of his daily wanderings, Ghasem Siah, a young jobless guy who leads a street life, runs into a young American tourist girl who is spending her last day in Tehran. Without understanding each other's words, they strike up a friendship and the girl accepts to sleep with him. But Ghasem doesn't have a place of his own and the girl is about to depart by the next morning. Together they set off on the glistening yet hostile streets of modernizing Tehran of the 70s, in a futile search of a corner of intimacy, while time is ticking away....

Under the Skin of the Night

1974

Poor Fellow poster
NR

"Nemat" is a simple shepherd who marries a girl named "Satare". Setare is the target of a smuggler named "Jasem". Nemat gets into a fight with him over Setare and ends up in prison with Jasem's shoes. In Nemat's absence, Setare, out of fear of Jasem, goes to the desert with "Tuba" (Nemat's sister who was raped by Jasem). When Nemat returns, when Jasem spreads rumors against Setare, Touba, who hates Jasem deeply, kills him in a fight and goes to prison herself. Nemat and Setare also start a simple life.

Poor Fellow

1974

The Morning of the Fourth Day poster
5.5

A free adaptation from Godard's Breathless that follows Amir, a foul guy who has killed a man in Abadan. He returns to Tehran and continuing his misdeeds trying to convince his girlfriend Zarry to escape with him to the south of Iran.

The Morning of the Fourth Day

1973

Notorious poster
10.0

Morteza, who avoids marrying his cousin, falls in love with Badri, who introduces herself as a nurse. This is while Morteza's sister's chastity is pregnant by her cousin and is planning to commit suicide. Uncle considers Morteza's marriage with his daughter to be the only condition for the marriage of Effat and his son. This is while Morteza does not know the truth about Badri.

Notorious

1972

Mozaffar poster
7.0

Mozaffar, the self-proclaimed poet and inventor has fallen in love with Goli. Goli has an older, rich suitor waiting for her. Now Mozaffar has to convince Goli that his love for her has more value than all the money and prestige in the world.

Mozaffar

1975

No artwork available
NR

After the death of her husband, Fereshte has a difficult time raising her daughter and son alone. When her daughter becomes sick, she has to hospitalize her with the help of their neighbor, Talat. She remains in the hospital with her son, but in the morning doctors tell her that it is too late and they can do nothing more.

If No Leaf Falls

1976

The Eighth Day of the Week poster
6.0

Lili is a young medical student who lives a normal life with her mother until one night that being raped changes Lili's life.

The Eighth Day of the Week

1973

Chelcheragh (Chandelier) poster
NR

A number of the mine workers have gone on strike. Ebraam, who is the workers’ representative, is forced—under the employer’s threats—to sign a contract that makes conditions even tighter for the workers. Overcome with shame and guilt, Ebraam hangs himself, and the townspeople force his wife and his sons, Aslaan and Salim, to leave their home. They move south, and years later Aslaan, by working at the Port Authority, manages to provide Salim with the means to study. Salim goes to the capital to continue his education, and Aslaan enters the service of Farrokh in order to steal the property of Teymour, the port’s contractor.

Chelcheragh (Chandelier)

1976

Bezan Berim Dozdi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bezan Berim Dozdi

1974

Faryad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Faryad

1971

At the Last Moment poster
NR

Farhad and Taher are two friends and partners who run a cabaret. Farhad becomes acquainted with Nazi during a trip to the north and develops an interest in her. Nazi has a warm voice, and Mahmoud, who is a rival cabaret owner to Farhad and Taher, tries to employ Nazi in his own cabaret. Farhad goes to Europe to hire some singers and loses one of his hands in an accident there. Knowing that Nazi will not accept him, Farhad stays in Europe for a while, hoping to forget Nazi.

At the Last Moment

1973

Kakol Zari poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kakol Zari

1972

Repentance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Repentance

1972

Roosiah poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Roosiah

1972

Bi-hejab poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bi-hejab

1973

Motreb poster
NR

A famous singer named Eskandar who killed his cousin out of love and served 15 years in prison is released. He finds out that his nephew Sasan has impregnated his late cousin's daughter Negar and is reluctant to marry her. At first Eskandar tries to convince Sasan but when he flees the city, Eskandar marries Negar to save her honor. They decide to stay married until Sasan comes back.

Motreb

1972

Series credits

Hezar Dastan poster
7.2

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Hezar Dastan

1988

The Brave Men of Tangestan poster
NR

England attacked south of Iran on the pretext of the siege, by Ahmed Ristini, the Syrian, and, with the exception of the titular, the strong prince of the lye, in defence of Persia and the British are cut down to defend the people of England, who attack from land and water to the south, Ali de la Chevreuse, and who robbed the poor and the poor.

The Brave Men of Tangestan

1975

My Uncle Napoleon poster
8.2

An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in personality and incident. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family. A hilarious series which makes fun of just about everything.

My Uncle Napoleon

1976

No artwork available
NR

Two brothers named "Mohsen" (played by Mehran Modiri) and "Amir" (played by Abdolreza Akbari) are the heirs of their father "Hajnaib"'s garden; but their differences of taste over how to use this garden bring them face to face.

Baghe Gilas (1994)

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The fall of Sahra poster
NR

It describes the story of a couple, Sahra and Sasan, whose marriage had broken up with maternal involvement and other factors.

The fall of Sahra

1986