The Lead

The Lead

130 mins | Action, Thriller, History | Jan. 1, 1988

Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.

The Lead

130 mins | Action, Thriller, History | Jan. 1, 1988

The Lead
Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers
Original title سرب
Directors Mohammad Torabnia, Alireza Aghabalaiy, Masud Kimiai, Nosratallah Karimi
Writers Masud Kimiai

Cast

Hadi Eslami

as Nuri

Amin Tarokh

as Danial

Farimah Farjami

as Munes

Fathali Oveisi

as Yezghel

Jalal Moghadam

as Dentist

Yadollah Rezvani

as Meyer

Hossein Hosseinzadeh

as Haj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)

Poulad Kimiayi

as Child

Jamshid Mashayekhi

as Mirza Mohsen

Parvin Solaymani

as Danial's mother

Nersi Korkia

as Shamun

Hossein Memarzade

as (voice)

Hassan Rafi'i

as Meyer's assistant