Death of Yazdgerd

Death of Yazdgerd

113 mins | Drama, History | April 1, 1982

Bahram Beizai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.

Death of Yazdgerd

113 mins | Drama, History | April 1, 1982

Death of Yazdgerd
Bahram Beizai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers I.R.I.B. Channel 1
Original title مرگ یزدگرد
Directors Bahram Beyzai
Writers Bahram Beyzai

Cast

Susan Taslimi

as The Miller's Wife

Mehdi Hashemi

as The Miller

Mahmoud Behrouzian

as The Priest

Amin Tarokh

as The General

Karim Akbari Mobarakeh

as The Army Chief

Yasaman Arami

as The Miller's Daughter

Alireza Khamseh

as The Soldier