Once Upon a Time

The daughter of a wealthy man marries a young Black man against her father's wishes. Shortly after, the woman dies during childbirth, and her husband is killed during a police chase. A little Black boy is the result of this marriage. The little boy meets a young man named "Reza," through whom he comes face to face with his grandfather.

"Hamid" is kicked out of his mother's luxurious house.

A man saves his friend's life in the hunting ground...

A relatively wealthy family takes a child from a village to the city to serve in their house. The child patiently and dedicatedly uses his minimal free time for education and becomes an active and valuable person in his youth. While Hamid, the eldest son of the family, who grew up in prosperity, becomes a delinquent youth. The two fall in love with a young girl.

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood.

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!

Jafar Barmaki, the vizier of Harun al-Rashid's government, and Abbasa, Harun al-Rashid's sister, who love each other, secretly get married. Zubaida, Harun al-Rashid's wife, finds out about this and causes the death of Jafar Barmaki and his two children.

Hojjat is a gendarme, and his brother Mansour is a smuggler. Mansour is sent to prison, and after his release he promises Hojjat that he will no longer engage in illegal activities. Mansour meets a prostitute named Mahboubeh and intends to marry her. A smuggler named Khalaf and his brothers plan to eliminate Hojjat from their path...

A village girl gets tricked by the landlord's son and gets lost in the city while chasing him. The result of this deception comes into existence, but the mother has no choice but to abandon her child. The child finds its way to a wealthy family and continues its life. One day, the child meets an old woman who had an accident in the hospital. She donates her blood to her, and the doctor realizes that the old woman's and the girl's blood types are a rare but similar group. The girl and mother recognize each other, and the story ends happily after many years.

A boy, due to his father's inattention, drops out of school and falls in with bad company. The father, who is busy carousing and drinking with promiscuous women, becomes so oblivious to his son that he joins a group of criminals, and as he becomes more and more entangled, the love of a woman comes to his aid.

Two sisters are mistaken for each other by friends and acquaintances due to their resemblance.

A young couple who want to get married are facing opposition from the boy's parents.

After deceiving Setareh, Ahmad Khan leaves Sari with his friend Masoud Khan and goes to Tehran to get a more important post.

Sha'ban meets Fereshteh in a film studio. Director of the studio, rejects Fereshteh for avoiding nudity in the film scenes. They hire in a nightclub. Sha'ban's clumsiness causes them to be fired that night.

The rural couple leads a peaceful life until the landlord comes to their village for his vacation. The lustful landlord is captivated by the woman and intends to assault her. When the husband finds out, he confronts his landlord, and as a result, incidents occur.