
Writing
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Born
1940-08-01 (86)
Place of birth
Daulatabad, Iran
Known for
Writing
Credits
9 titles
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Persian: محمود دولتآبادی, Mahmud Dowlatâbâdi) (born 1 August 1940 in Dowlatabad, Sabzevar) is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and his realist depictions of rural life, drawn from personal experience. In 2020, he wrote and recited a work called Soldier (Half-Burned boots) for the Art of Peace global project, composed and arranged by Mehran Alirezaei. He has collaborated with this project.
Known for
7.0In the village of Hesar in Urmia provinces, two tribes have an old dispute with each other. They are known as Baladehi and Paeindehi. The movie tells the story of their conflicts. The Paeindehis purchase a bus after selling a salt marsh near the sea, causing Baladehis who live their lives by riding chariots (ilinka), lose their job. Disputes resume and the teacher and Pirbaba (elder) of the village try to reconcile them, but the village chief who does not want to lose his profits, makes the Baladehis buy a bus as well.... The arrival of the bus to the village reveals the fact that the village chief has planned it all to acquire more and more wealth. Learning this, the two tribes forget their dispute to punish the chief, and afterwards, they all resume their normal lives.
The Bus
1986
7.7An 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.
The Cow
1969
7.7A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of poetry, and his life. Filmed over a two year period from 1996 to 1998.
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
1999
NRMoslem Mansouris second documentary film about the legendary late Ahmad Shamlou
The Final Word
2009
NRA Documentary about Ali Dehbashi (Persian: علی دهباشی). He is an Iranian journalist, Iranologist, researcher and writer. Dehbashi is the writer and editor-in-chief of Bukhara magazine, a periodical magazine on arts and culture in Persian published in Tehran.
Hello, I am Dehbashi
2010
4.8After the death of the landlord of the village, his European wife demands the land of Baba Sobhan but his two sons who farm there are refusing. They promise to pay the rent on the right ...
The Soil
1973
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
NRMoslem Mansouris second documentary film about the legendary late Ahmad Shamlou
The Final Word
2009
NRA review on contemporary story writing in Iran, with the presence of three famous novelists, and using the great novelist's pictures. A documentary is ordered for screen in "Yalda literature prize" ceremony
The Song of Sunshine
2003
Behind the camera
7.0In the village of Hesar in Urmia provinces, two tribes have an old dispute with each other. They are known as Baladehi and Paeindehi. The movie tells the story of their conflicts. The Paeindehis purchase a bus after selling a salt marsh near the sea, causing Baladehis who live their lives by riding chariots (ilinka), lose their job. Disputes resume and the teacher and Pirbaba (elder) of the village try to reconcile them, but the village chief who does not want to lose his profits, makes the Baladehis buy a bus as well.... The arrival of the bus to the village reveals the fact that the village chief has planned it all to acquire more and more wealth. Learning this, the two tribes forget their dispute to punish the chief, and afterwards, they all resume their normal lives.
The Bus
1986
4.8After the death of the landlord of the village, his European wife demands the land of Baba Sobhan but his two sons who farm there are refusing. They promise to pay the rent on the right ...
The Soil
1973


