Manoochehr Vossoogh

Acting

Manoochehr Vossoogh

Born 1943-01-01 · Tehran, Iran

Manoochehr Vossoogh, whose real name is Abbas Rezaei Vossogh, was an established cinema actor during Iran's Pahlavi era. He began his acting career in high school, before being scouted to work live theater for Iranian national television. He became a fixed actor for Pars Film Studio. A few months before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Manoochehr went to London for a play but came back to his work and job as an actor being banned. He secretly moved back to London through the Pakistani border where he did numerous satire peices on the Islamic Republic. He was married to Lida Daneshvar. On March 8th, 2022, he died while fighting cancer in London.

Acting credits

Lie 12 poster
2.5

The Lie 12 is a story of love.

Lie 12

2019

Accusation poster
NR

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

Accusation

1974

The Brazen Beauty poster
NR

Manouchehr, the managing director of a company, and his driver, Latif, rescue Zinat after she attempts to take her own life. Manouchehr asks his friend Iraj to look into Zinat's background. He leaves the company in Iraj's care and sets off on a journey with Zinat. Along the way, they encounter Gohar and Ebraam, two petty criminals who make a living by pickpocketing and blackmailing others...

The Brazen Beauty

1975

The Cry of Love poster
NR

Ali a port worker, and Hossam, a head worker, propose to Goli, the daughter of Mesh Mohammad. Morteza, Hossam's nephew, who pretends to be friends with Ali, is also interested in Goli. Goli marries Ali away from her father's eyes, and Ali, according to a plan devised by Hossam and Morteza, engages in smuggling to earn a living and is pursued by the gendarmes. Ali escapes to Tehran and Goli follows him; but he cannot find him. Some time later, Ali returns to his hometown and proves his innocence, and at Mesh Mohammad's request, he goes to Tehran to find his wife. Ali's efforts are in vain. In a short time, he becomes the owner of a large company through hard work and diligence, and Goli, who has set up a tailoring shop, raises her daughter Zari with the help of a local prostitute named Jalal. Jalal is interested in Goli; But he doesn't say anything until Ali comes across Zari and falls in love with her. Jalal, who is aware of the situation, opposes,

The Cry of Love

1977

Navab poster
NR

In an accident Navvab saves the life of an unknown girl and falls in love with her. He goes around looking for her. In the meanwhile his mom asks him to marry a girl she knows. Unaware that the suggested girl is the one he is after, Navvab asks his close friend Habib to marry the girl.

Navab

1972

Tehran, an Unfinished History poster
NR

Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.

Tehran, an Unfinished History

2025

Tokat poster
NR

The film tells the story of a young girl who wants to take revenge on her father's killers. Banu, the daughter of a wealthy factory owner, has an accident one day. She hits a woman named Gamze with her car. Banu takes care of Gamze until she recovers. During this time, a close friendship develops between the two women. Meanwhile, Banu's father, Tarık Bey, also becomes emotionally close to Gamze, and this closeness quickly turns into marriage. At the same time, Tarık Bey is in conflict with the mafia over a bidding war. Tarık Bey, who is fleeing from the mafia's henchmen, is helped by a taxi driver named Fikret. Tarık Bey hires Fikret to work for him. However, Fikret meets Tarık Bey's wife, Gamze. What Fikret knows about Gamze will lead everyone to ruin.

Tokat

1977

Kan Kardeşler poster
NR

The film tells the friendship story of three young people named Ali, Tufan and Selim. Selim is a musician, Ali and Tufan are car mechanics. They live in the same house. Elif, who works as a manicurist, joins the group as Ali's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Tufan meets Mehtap, a rich woman. However, Mehtap's involvement in illegal activities causes trouble for Tufan. Learning about the situation, Elif, Ali and Selim decide to save Tufan from this environment.

Kan Kardeşler

1977

The Invisible Man poster
NR

A young doctor whose body cells have become colorless one day feels that he is invisible. He makes his loved ones aware of his situation, and at this point, a group tries to save the young doctor, and some try to obtain the formula for the cells to become colorless. In the meantime, incidents occur, and finally, the young doctor succeeds in regaining his normal state.

The Invisible Man

1966

The Brother poster
NR

The entire city eagerly awaits Kaku’s return, anticipating his response to a collective injustice they have endured. When Kaku finally comes back, his brother is particularly eager to see him. However, in practice, Kaku appears unexpectedly tame and calm. He yearns for a peaceful life after his release from prison. As subsequent events unfold, Kaku’s capacity for serenity is tested, particularly in the incident involving his brother’s beloved girl and the final confrontation with a neighborhood bully.

The Brother

1971

Scandal of Love poster
NR

Iraj and Ahmad work in a company that announced they will be giving their married employees five-room houses. Iraj, after seeing a girl named Maryam's photo in a photography shop decides that's who he wants to marry but the girl's father, Mirza, has other plans for them. Iraj growing tired of the many conditions to marriage, finds a way to marry Maryam without the terms and conditions, and Ahmad, finds a way to marry Maryam's sister Mehri.

Scandal of Love

1971

Perişan poster
NR

It tells the story of Ayşe, who makes a living selling cigarettes, and how her life changes when she becomes a famous singer. Ayşe is a young woman who sells cigarettes at a nightclub. While Ayşe and her friends are singing among themselves, the nightclub owner, Murat Bey, hears Ayşe's voice. Murat Bey is deeply moved by Ayşe's voice and decides to make her a big singer. As Ayşe climbs the ladder of success, she realizes that Murat Bey is in love with her. However, Ayşe is in love with a young engineer named Metin. Murat and Metin, who are unaware of each other, will eventually meet.

Perişan

1976

Most Beautiful Girl In the World poster
NR

After the death of her mother, a girl is lost and desperate until she meets Behrouz. Behrouz gives order to her life with interest and introduces her, who is prone to singing, to a friend who is a music teacher and soon she becomes the daughter of a famous singer. An incident causes the girl to make a mistake about Behrouz and leave him. After breaking up with Behrouz, the girl is disappointed and withdrawn from everyone and quits her job, but Behrooz, who loves the girl, finds her and explains the truth to her.

Most Beautiful Girl In the World

1971

Happy for No Reason‏ poster
NR

Maryam loses her inheritance and her fiancé, Parviz, due to the conspiracy of her uncle and her cousin Nazi after her father's death...

Happy for No Reason‏

1974

Filmfarsi poster
2.0

A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Filmfarsi

2019

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

The Flow of Time poster
NR

A young man manages his family with his day and night efforts, he meets the daughter of a wealthy family in an accident and marries her despite the strong opposition of the girl's family. Years later, the girl's family loses their wealth and finds a situation similar to that of their son-in-law's family, and at this time, their grandson is in charge of managing two families.

The Flow of Time

1969

Kiss on Bloody Lips poster
NR

Shahbal, a member of the Black Mountain tribe, gets into a fight with several people and rides a horse towards Musa Khan's tribe with a wounded body. Musa Khan's sons and some of his men want to kill him, but Musa Khan prevents him and entrusts his daughter Ghazal to heal his wounds.

Kiss on Bloody Lips

1973

Lollipop poster
8.0

Morteza, a truck driver, is a family-oriented man but has a quick temper. His behavior has upset his daughter and son. When Morteza ends up in prison for involuntary manslaughter due to an accident, his daughter, realizing that her fiancé, who is also her cousin, does not earn enough to support their lives, starts working as a secretary for a wealthy man ...

Lollipop

1972

Illegal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Illegal

1972

Trees Die Standing poster
NR

An elderly millionaire woman spends her last days longing to see her grandson and his fiancée. Her acquaintances attempt to fulfill her wish, but news arrives that her grandson has died in a plane crash. Knowing that she has never seen her grandson since he was a child, the elderly woman chooses a young mechanic as her heir and introduces a young woman as his fiancée. The elderly woman experiences some improvement in her condition, but during a real accident, she becomes aware of the truth. Meanwhile, her grandson arrives and reveals that he was not on that plane. The elderly woman confesses that she knew the truth all along but still wants the young mechanic and the girl who is now truly his fiancée to remain in her family.

Trees Die Standing

1971

Morvarid (Pearl) poster
NR

After the death of his father, Saleh is responsible for providing for his mother. Saleh and his friend Adnaan are both in love with Morvarid, and Adnaan, who has been raised by Saleh, sacrifices his own feelings so that Saleh can marry Morvarid. Ebaad, the owner of a café in the port, is also in love with Morvarid and advises Saleh against marrying her. Saleh goes to the sea to catch pearls. He dives deep into the water and does not return...

Morvarid (Pearl)

1973

Man of God poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Man of God

1977

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