Acting
Jafar Vali
Born January 1, 1933 · Tehran, Iran
Died December 17, 2016 · aged 83
No biography available.
Known For
The Man Who Knew too Much · 1984The Man Who Knew too Much
★ 8.01984
MovieDrama
A young employee named Mehraban who is unhappy with his hard life meets a mysterious old man dressed in black. The old man says he will get Mehraban what he wants on the condition that he make the right use of his opportunities. Mehraban agrees. The old man leaves a newspaper with him dated three months in the future reporting the war between Iran and Iraq. Mehraban makes a lot of money by purchasing essential goods, hoarding them and then selling them later at much higher prices during the war. However he loses his fiancee and breaks with his friends. The mysterious old man appears again. He tells him he has abused his privileged opportunity and not to continue on the wrong path; on their last meeting he tells him he has become a monster and he must either to go back to his former life or die. The fear of death causes Mehraban to donate his illegitimate funds to charities and return to his honorable life.
Until Sunset · 1988Until Sunset
1988
MovieDrama
Based on the 1886 story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy. Zabih is an ill-tempered man who lives in a village with his wife. He usually solves family problems with the mayor's help. Zabih is promised he can have as much land as he can mark off from sunrise until sunset. He assiduously works on this but at the end of the day he falls off a hill and dies from exhaustion.
The Cow · 1969The Cow
★ 7.71969
MovieDrama
An 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.
Autumn · 1987Autumn
★ 1.01987
MovieDramaFamily
Masoud wants to leave his wife Parvaneh and their daughter and go to Europe. But before that they going on a trip to see some of their relatives. In the way a stranger who is injured rides ...
The Hateful Wolf · 1973The Hateful Wolf
★ 1.01973
MovieAdventureCrime
Forging with his wife, Gladam, is planted and planted in a piece of land away from the city. People in the village do not have a favorable opinion of them, so when the blacksmith wants them to help him in the delivery of his wife, they refuse and finally the blacksmith's wife goes on. People do not even allow the burial of a blacksmith's wife in the cemetery of the village, and at this time, the blacksmith is impelled and he wants to kill revenge.
Mr. Hieroglyph · 1980Mr. Hieroglyph
★ 9.01980
MovieActionMystery
On his holiday, Mr. Hieroglyph wakes up tumultuous and goes to the office. He sees some signs on the screen of his computer written in hieroglyph. He goes to the central library to discover the lines. He finds a thesis his daughter has written when she was a student. By using the thesis, he reviews the story of his daughter. In the past years, she has gone to the factories and then was assigned by a political group to organize a group of mine workers to fight. Recommendations made by the girl and her friends are opposed to the opinions of the leaders. The girl distributes a leaflet on behalf of the workers which results in a disturbance. She escapes and after a while she is killed in a street struggle.
Chrysanthemum · 1984Chrysanthemum
★ 6.01984
MovieDrama
Abbas is set to be released after 20 years in prison But on the day of his release, Abbas dies.Abbas's wife could not give the news to her blind child.
Tight Spot · 1973Tight Spot
★ 5.71973
MovieDramaCrime
This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his childhood heroes, the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-man war against four swindlers and provoked wide spread popular sentiment against tyranny.
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