Mehdi Reisfirooz

Directing

Mehdi Reisfirooz

Born — Died

1927-01-01 — 2019-03-15

Place of birth

Tehran, Iran

Known for

Directing

Credits

47 titles

Known for

Ardour poster
NR

A rogue hunter named Sanjar causes the death of a village woman...

Ardour

1976

Mr. Handsome Reza poster
NR

"Dara" is a wealthy man who is imprisoned due to a conspiracy by his assistant. Meanwhile, the daughter of the head of a foreign company is set to come to Iran to sign a contract with Dara. "Reza," Dara's driver, introduces himself as Dara, thereby thwarting the assistant's plans...

Mr. Handsome Reza

1974

Rural Songs poster
NR

The distinguished lord procures his daily necessities from the villagers as tribute with the help of his steward. He encourages his daughter, Monireh, to befriend Farrokh. Farrokh dishonors Monireh by giving her a sleeping drug and then flees to the city.

Rural Songs

1964

Delirium poster
10.0

Iranian horror movie from 1965.

Delirium

1965

A Party in Hell poster
5.0

Haji Jabbar is a wealthy man, who is chided constantly by his family for avarice. Haji intends to marry off his daughter, Parvin, to a wealthy old man. He has no regard for the love existing between Parvin and her cousin. He does not care for his son, Hamid, who, due to negligence, is on the verge of a breakdown. In an elaborate fantasy sequence which makes up the last third of the film, Haji finds himself in hell, witness to all sorts of macabre and elaborate tortures and horrors. The film is noted for its elaborate set pieces which recall Méliès. There is even a sequence involving Hitler in hell!

A Party in Hell

1957

Toofan's Strike poster
NR

The film is set in the period following the Iran–Iraq War and explores its lasting effects on Iranian society. Toofan is the film’s main character. During the war, he lost his wife and child. After many years, he has gradually managed to find a relative sense of peace—until…

Toofan's Strike

1995

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

Rural Songs poster
NR

The distinguished lord procures his daily necessities from the villagers as tribute with the help of his steward. He encourages his daughter, Monireh, to befriend Farrokh. Farrokh dishonors Monireh by giving her a sleeping drug and then flees to the city.

Rural Songs

1964

Delirium poster
10.0

Iranian horror movie from 1965.

Delirium

1965

Twenty Years of Waiting poster
NR

Maryam leaves her son Majid on the street, and a man named Abbas Agha and his wife Fatemeh raise the child. Farid, Maryam's husband, is released from prison and later becomes very wealthy. Majid and his friend Hassan collaborate with a group of thieves led by Ghaffar. One day, Majid enters Farid's house and takes refuge in Hayedeh's room, gradually falling for her. Abbas, who knows Majid's real parents, gives Majid an incriminating letter to deliver to Farid.

Twenty Years of Waiting

1966

The River Course poster
NR

Mahmoud stumbles upon a corpse in his humble home. He takes the body to the forest to hang it, but a man named Jabbar shows up and, threatening Mahmoud, takes him to a farm, introducing him as Farhad, the lost son of the farm owner. Mahmoud, who has fallen for Nahid, the landlord's daughter, reveals the truth, and Nahid, thinking Mahmoud intends to deceive her father, pushes him away. Mahmoud reads in the newspaper that the police have found a corpse in the forest that had previously been stolen from the morgue. Mahmoud breaks off his partnership with Jabbar, but Jabbar takes him to Sohrab Khan's estate and shows him Farhad. Sohrab locks Mahmoud in a small room. Farhad rescues Mahmoud, and Mahmoud takes Farhad to his real father and marries Nahid.

The River Course

1964

Kadkhoda's Daughter poster
NR

A young villager named Nader is interested in Golnar, the daughter of Kodkhoda, but Kodkhoda is against their marriage, and decides to marry his daughter to a steward. Mubasher and Ramal of the village conspire against Nader, but there is a difference between the two of them, whose job it is to make the residents rebellious. Ramal is killed by the butler, and the butler identifies Nader as the murderer and makes him leave the village. Before Mubasher and Gulnar's marriage ceremony is held, he runs away and meets Farrukh Khan, the nobleman who is an educated young man. After hearing the story of Gulnar, Arbab's son makes it possible for him to study and gradually falls in love with him. However, after Golnar insists on marrying Nader and uncovering the secret of Ramal's murder and the butler's arrest, Farrokh, despite his mother's opinion, puts Golnar and Nader on the wedding table.

Kadkhoda's Daughter

1969

1950s · 2 titles

Behind the camera

Ardour poster
NR

A rogue hunter named Sanjar causes the death of a village woman...

Ardour

1976

Mr. Handsome Reza poster
NR

"Dara" is a wealthy man who is imprisoned due to a conspiracy by his assistant. Meanwhile, the daughter of the head of a foreign company is set to come to Iran to sign a contract with Dara. "Reza," Dara's driver, introduces himself as Dara, thereby thwarting the assistant's plans...

Mr. Handsome Reza

1974

I Can Die for Money poster
NR

A young worker is infatuated with the factory owner's daughter.

I Can Die for Money

1959

Wild Angel poster
8.0

A bankrupt businessman and his wife attempt a rail suicide, but the wife's change of heart make it fail. They have already abandoned their newborn daughter who is picked up by a street sweeper and raised in his family. Years later, she runs away from the home searching for a better life and a job...

Wild Angel

1959

Twenty Years of Waiting poster
NR

Maryam leaves her son Majid on the street, and a man named Abbas Agha and his wife Fatemeh raise the child. Farid, Maryam's husband, is released from prison and later becomes very wealthy. Majid and his friend Hassan collaborate with a group of thieves led by Ghaffar. One day, Majid enters Farid's house and takes refuge in Hayedeh's room, gradually falling for her. Abbas, who knows Majid's real parents, gives Majid an incriminating letter to deliver to Farid.

Twenty Years of Waiting

1966

Migration poster
3.0

"Ali," the chief technical worker at a tractor manufacturing plant, goes to a village to service several tractors. There, he rescues a gypsy girl whom "Sohrab," a well-known young man in the village, is attempting to assault. However, Ali soon finds himself accused of Sohrab's murder. The gypsy girl helps Ali uncover the truth and identify the real killer—"Jamil," a young gypsy man who committed the murder out of love for the girl.

Migration

1977

Insistency poster
NR

A driver who transports passengers between Tehran and the cities accidentally becomes aware of a conspiracy and informs a wealthy woman who is the target of this plot. He then gets the chance to work as the driver for the wealthy woman, which is a simpler and more lucrative job. The driver's wife, believing that there is a relationship between her husband and the wealthy woman, leaves her husband...

Insistency

1972

Song of a Life poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Song of a Life

1969

Song of a Life poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Song of a Life

1969

Under the Blue Sky poster
NR

A love blossoms in the peaceful village between a man and a woman. When it's time to tie the knot, the kind-hearted lover is slandered and defamed, and all efforts are in vain. The situation escalates from calm and gentleness to conflict, and finally, the man proves his truth by removing the obstacles.

Under the Blue Sky

1967

The End of Suffering poster
NR

A young girl gets caught up in the temptations of a man named Jamshid.

The End of Suffering

1955

The End of Suffering poster
NR

A young girl gets caught up in the temptations of a man named Jamshid.

The End of Suffering

1955

Yusuf and Zulaikha poster
7.5

The brothers of Yusuf (Joseph), jealous of their father Yaqub’s (Jacob's) love for him, throw him into a well. A caravan rescues Yusuf, and years later he is sold as a slave in the market of Egypt. Zulaikha, Yusuf's owner, falls in love with him, and after an incident, the Aziz of Egypt (Zulaikha’s husband) has him imprisoned. Seven years later, Yusuf is released due to his interpretation of the Pharaoh’s dream and rises to the rank of Aziz of Egypt.

Yusuf and Zulaikha

1968

Iman poster
1.0

A young engineer who is returned home from Europe becomes responsible of taking care of his father's company. But a villain friend of him manages to drag him to gambling and drugs making him to lose his money and his family. Years later the young engineer in an accident helps a rich man and due to that manages to marry his girl and gets back his life and his family once again.

Iman

1967

Velgard poster
9.0

Naser and Parvin live a simple and happy life and their happiness is made more complete by a baby, but the ill-wishers drag Naser into decline and he falls so much that with all his interests and ties to his family, he has no way of coming back.

Velgard

1952

Velgard poster
9.0

Naser and Parvin live a simple and happy life and their happiness is made more complete by a baby, but the ill-wishers drag Naser into decline and he falls so much that with all his interests and ties to his family, he has no way of coming back.

Velgard

1952

A Flower in Wasteland poster
NR

A Lost Persian Film. "Iraj", who is suffering from a mysterious and unknown disease, believes that he is about to die. In the meantime, he meets a young girl and they both fall in love with each other. The girl is the mistress of a wealthy man who is Iraj's uncle. Despite his great love for the woman, the man allows the intimacy and affection between him and his mistress to grow due to Iraj's special circumstances. Iraj soon realizes that the symptoms of his fatal illness have resolved and the girl is the woman his uncle is interested in. He therefore withdraws himself, but the uncle, who is concerned about his niece's well-being, once again proves his devotion and removes himself from Iraj's and his beloved girl's lives forever.

A Flower in Wasteland

1961

A Flower in Wasteland poster
NR

A Lost Persian Film. "Iraj", who is suffering from a mysterious and unknown disease, believes that he is about to die. In the meantime, he meets a young girl and they both fall in love with each other. The girl is the mistress of a wealthy man who is Iraj's uncle. Despite his great love for the woman, the man allows the intimacy and affection between him and his mistress to grow due to Iraj's special circumstances. Iraj soon realizes that the symptoms of his fatal illness have resolved and the girl is the woman his uncle is interested in. He therefore withdraws himself, but the uncle, who is concerned about his niece's well-being, once again proves his devotion and removes himself from Iraj's and his beloved girl's lives forever.

A Flower in Wasteland

1961

A Flower in Wasteland poster
NR

A Lost Persian Film. "Iraj", who is suffering from a mysterious and unknown disease, believes that he is about to die. In the meantime, he meets a young girl and they both fall in love with each other. The girl is the mistress of a wealthy man who is Iraj's uncle. Despite his great love for the woman, the man allows the intimacy and affection between him and his mistress to grow due to Iraj's special circumstances. Iraj soon realizes that the symptoms of his fatal illness have resolved and the girl is the woman his uncle is interested in. He therefore withdraws himself, but the uncle, who is concerned about his niece's well-being, once again proves his devotion and removes himself from Iraj's and his beloved girl's lives forever.

A Flower in Wasteland

1961

Laghzesh poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Laghzesh

1953

Laghzesh poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Laghzesh

1953

Black Pearl poster
NR

A Western archaeologist sets off with a guide for discoveries in Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rostam, Shapour Cave, and Pasargadae.

Black Pearl

1960

Black Pearl poster
NR

A Western archaeologist sets off with a guide for discoveries in Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rostam, Shapour Cave, and Pasargadae.

Black Pearl

1960

Wild River poster
NR

Two brothers get separated after an accident. Years later, one of them ends up as a mining engineer and the other as a worker at the exact same mine. They end up working side by side without even realizing they're brothers. When the worker falls for a girl who’s caught the eye of the engineer’s foreman, the foreman plots against him. But the scheme accidentally backfires on the engineer and his wife, getting them both killed. The foreman frames the worker for it, but thanks to the girl's digging, the truth finally comes out and the foreman gets busted.

Wild River

1969

Thievish poster
NR

Reza and Gol-Agha have been friends since childhood. Gol-Agha is a police officer, and Reza has a history of theft...

Thievish

1974

Dangerous Game poster
NR

A simple-minded man leaves home to buy medicine for his wife, who is in labor. Along the way, he finds a bag full of money. He is subsequently accused of theft and sent to prison, while the real thief remains free.

Dangerous Game

1970

Majerajooyane khashen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Majerajooyane khashen

1974

Majerajooyane khashen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Majerajooyane khashen

1974

Rostam and Sohrab poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rostam and Sohrab

1957

Rostam and Sohrab poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rostam and Sohrab

1957

The Bond of Friendship poster
NR

Iranian film by Mehdi Reisfirooz

The Bond of Friendship

1960

The Bond of Friendship poster
NR

Iranian film by Mehdi Reisfirooz

The Bond of Friendship

1960

Nobar-e Isfahan poster
NR

Two brothers are separated in childhood, but meet again in their youth. Ahmad - who looks strikingly like Amir - enters the life of Amir, who is blind, and realizes that those around him are deceiving him.

Nobar-e Isfahan

1971

Kadkhoda's Daughter poster
NR

A young villager named Nader is interested in Golnar, the daughter of Kodkhoda, but Kodkhoda is against their marriage, and decides to marry his daughter to a steward. Mubasher and Ramal of the village conspire against Nader, but there is a difference between the two of them, whose job it is to make the residents rebellious. Ramal is killed by the butler, and the butler identifies Nader as the murderer and makes him leave the village. Before Mubasher and Gulnar's marriage ceremony is held, he runs away and meets Farrukh Khan, the nobleman who is an educated young man. After hearing the story of Gulnar, Arbab's son makes it possible for him to study and gradually falls in love with him. However, after Golnar insists on marrying Nader and uncovering the secret of Ramal's murder and the butler's arrest, Farrokh, despite his mother's opinion, puts Golnar and Nader on the wedding table.

Kadkhoda's Daughter

1969

Kadkhoda's Daughter poster
NR

A young villager named Nader is interested in Golnar, the daughter of Kodkhoda, but Kodkhoda is against their marriage, and decides to marry his daughter to a steward. Mubasher and Ramal of the village conspire against Nader, but there is a difference between the two of them, whose job it is to make the residents rebellious. Ramal is killed by the butler, and the butler identifies Nader as the murderer and makes him leave the village. Before Mubasher and Gulnar's marriage ceremony is held, he runs away and meets Farrukh Khan, the nobleman who is an educated young man. After hearing the story of Gulnar, Arbab's son makes it possible for him to study and gradually falls in love with him. However, after Golnar insists on marrying Nader and uncovering the secret of Ramal's murder and the butler's arrest, Farrokh, despite his mother's opinion, puts Golnar and Nader on the wedding table.

Kadkhoda's Daughter

1969

Clowns poster
NR

Reza is content with his life—on the condition that his mother doesn’t keep pressuring him to get married! He is kind-hearted and a bit comical. In stark contrast stands another young man who looks just like him but is serious and deeply interested in women. By chance, the two accidentally switch places...

Clowns

1971

Golden Egg Chicken poster
NR

Mesh Rajab Kharkan (Mohammed Taghi Kohnmooi) finds a hen that lays golden eggs. A jeweler (Mahmoud Bahrami) tries to deceive the second wife of Mesh Rajab (Parvin Soleimani) to get the chicken out of his hands. But before that, Saeed (Mohammed Homayun) and Saad (Bahman Mofid), the sons of Mesh Rajab, cut off the head of the chicken and eat its heart and liver. The two go on a journey and lose each other. Saad enters a city and is chosen as the ruler of the city, and Saad finds some gold coins on his way, which a woman (Parveen Malkooti) and her maid (Shahnaz) steal from him. He finds a magic hat and stick. While hunting, Saad meets Mehtab (Marjan), the daughter of another emir; But….

Golden Egg Chicken

1972