Iranian Cinema from Constitutionalism to Sepanta is a documentary film directed and written by Mohammad Tahaminejad, a contemporary Iranian historian, critic and documentary filmmaker. This film tells the story of the arrival of "film" in Iran and the formation of "cinema" from the constitutional period to the filmmaking of Abdolhossein Spanta in India.
"Fanoos Khiyal", with a brief introduction from illustration in Persian literature to mezzanine in Iranian miniatures and folk paintings, introduces the first camcorder in Iran and shows the first available films. After that, with the development of theaters in Iran, the production of movies begins. Iranian filmmakers in this field have a variety of experiences that result in technical advances and a variety of styles.
70-second-long footage of the coronation of Reza Shah Pahlavi in the Brilliant Hall of Golestan Palace on April 25th 1926 captured by Khan Baba Motazadei.
Official film of the opening ceremony of Trans-Iranian Railway with the presence of the Shah and government officials at Fawzia train station in Lorestan, where the north and south railways meet.
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A Lost Persian Film.
A Lost Persian Film. The manager of a large workshop who is in love with "Gohar", the wife of one of his engineers, fails to attract the woman's attention. He throws the engineer in prison with a conspiracy and then smears Gohar himself. When the engineer is released from prison, he finds out about the incident and refuses to continue living with his wife. After a while, the manager, the engineer, and Gohar face each other again. During a fight, the manager injures the engineer and Gohar, but gets himself caught. The engineer, who realizes that she is his wife, goes to her again in this sinful affair and starts a new life together.
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.
A Princess is forbidden to see her childhood sweetheart and forced to marry an emperor.
Two brothers fall for the same girl, though she loves the older brother. Through trickery, the older brother isn't able to reach his beloved and dies of heart brokenness. The younger brother, seemingly happy with this fate, seeks to woo the girl but is faced with the ghost of his older brother.
A director (Ovanes Ohanian) looks for a subject for his movie and someone suggests that he films Haji Agha secretly. Haji is very rich and frowns upon cinema. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director with the film as well. Haji's watch gets lost, and he suspects his servant. Haji and his son-in-law start chasing him. At first, they tail him to the dentist's, and then they meet a fakir who claims he can find the lost watch. He does some strange things. The director photographs Haji all the time. Then Haji watches the film and becomes aware of the true merits of cinema.
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One of the Khan's sons notices a girl in the local market and chooses to marry her.
