Abdolhossein Sepanta

Directing

Abdolhossein Sepanta

Born 1907-06-04

Abdolhossein Sepanta was a notable Iranian film director and producer in the early Iranian cinema era. He made the earliest sound films in the Persian language. He was also a writer and journalist and promoter of liberal politics.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Ferdowsi poster
8.0

Biopic on the classic Persian poet of the 11th century Ferdowsi, and the author of Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian speaking countries.

Ferdowsi

1934

Ferdowsi poster
8.0

Biopic on the classic Persian poet of the 11th century Ferdowsi, and the author of Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian speaking countries.

Ferdowsi

1934

Shirin and Farhad poster
10.0

A Princess is forbidden to see her childhood sweetheart and forced to marry an emperor.

Shirin and Farhad

1935

Shirin and Farhad poster
10.0

A Princess is forbidden to see her childhood sweetheart and forced to marry an emperor.

Shirin and Farhad

1935

Lor Girl poster
6.3

Golnar is a young tea house waitress who was kidnapped as a child and taken to Lorestan with a clan of bandits living among the Lors. The leader of the thieves, Gholi Khan, is beginning to look at her with interest now she is a grown woman. Little did she know that a young man called Jafar is going to be just near.

Lor Girl

1933

Lor Girl poster
6.3

Golnar is a young tea house waitress who was kidnapped as a child and taken to Lorestan with a clan of bandits living among the Lors. The leader of the thieves, Gholi Khan, is beginning to look at her with interest now she is a grown woman. Little did she know that a young man called Jafar is going to be just near.

Lor Girl

1933

Black Eyes poster
9.0

The story happens in Nader Shah era when he attacked India. At the very moment of the war in India and conquering Lahore, there is a romantic love going on between a girl and boy named Homa and Homayoun, which the war directly affects.

Black Eyes

1935

Black Eyes poster
9.0

The story happens in Nader Shah era when he attacked India. At the very moment of the war in India and conquering Lahore, there is a romantic love going on between a girl and boy named Homa and Homayoun, which the war directly affects.

Black Eyes

1935

Layla and Majnun poster
7.0

Based on the famous Layla and Majnun story.

Layla and Majnun

1937

Layla and Majnun poster
7.0

Based on the famous Layla and Majnun story.

Layla and Majnun

1937