Mohammadali Keshavarz

Acting

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Born April 15, 1930 · Isfahan, Iran

Died June 14, 2020 · aged 90

Mohammadali Keshavarz (April 15, 1930 - June 14, 2020) was an actor of cinema, theater, and television who was born in Isfahan, Iran. After graduating from the dramatic arts academy, his first movie was "Shabe Quzi" by Farokh Ghaffari. Among the most enduring works of Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Ali Hatami's "Mother", Ali Hatami's "Kamal-ol-Molk", Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Once Upon a Time, Cinema", Darius…

Known For

Through the Olive TreesThrough the Olive Trees · 1994
Through the Olive Trees
★ 7.41994
MovieDrama
When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.
CaravansCaravans · 1978
Caravans
★ 5.81978
MovieActionAdventure
This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.
DownpourDownpour · 1972
Downpour
★ 6.81972
MovieDramaRomance
Well-educated and humble teacher Mr Hekmati arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman who nurses her elderly mother and raises her young brother.
Chess of the WindChess of the Wind · 1976
Chess of the Wind
★ 7.11976
MovieDramaMystery
The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage.
Foreign CurrencyForeign Currency · 1989
Foreign Currency
★ 8.01989
MovieComedy
Morteza Olfat is an ordinary employee who has lots of problems in his life. One day, he happens to find fifty thousand dollars. He says nothing to anyone and tries to exchange the cash.
Night of the HunchbackNight of the Hunchback · 1965
Night of the Hunchback
★ 6.01965
MovieDramaComedy
Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical incidents that occur as different people come into possession of, and attempt to dispose of, his body.
The Brick and the MirrorThe Brick and the Mirror · 1966
The Brick and the Mirror
★ 8.11966
MovieDrama
Hashem is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji, try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him.
The Devil's HandThe Devil's Hand · 1981
The Devil's Hand
1981
Movie
A spy has entered Iran under the guise of a photographer and is trying to gather information about the location where the hostages are being held.

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The CondemnedThe Condemned · 1977
The Condemned
1977
MovieDrama
Asgar and Qader have been friends since childhood. Hussein General, a man of bad character who leads the local teenagers in a fight with the teenagers of Qala Sangi neighborhood, has dedicated his life to their happiness. Asgar and Qader both loved Zainab; but Zainab is married to Asgar. Asgar, who is suspicious of his wife's affairs, constantly annoys Hussein General and Qader. One day, while picking date clusters from a palm tree, while thinking about his wife's relationship with Qader, he falls from the top of the palm tree and loses his sight. Zainab and Qader take care of him; but Asgar's sense of pessimism and suspicion towards his wife and Qader increases. Asgar drags Qader to the palm grove and while he is praying, he cuts him to pieces with a turban and throws his body into the sea. General Hussein, who witnesses the incident, informs Zeinab; but he, unable to allay his wife's insane suspicion, kindly invites the local waterman to his house for lunch.
Hezar DastanHezar Dastan · 1988
Hezar Dastan
★ 7.21988
SeriesDramaHistory
Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Shaban Ostadkhani a.k.a. Ostekhani