Hassan, the Bald
1970•1h 40m•5.8•Released
AdventureFantasy
Inspired by Iranian folk tales and reputed as the first Iranian musical movie, the film follows the story of the lazybones congenitally bald Hassan who is tricked out of the house by his mother. Then he learns about Chelgis, a girl kidnapped and kept by an ogre in his enchanted garden. Smitten by her beauty, Hassan tries to find a way to save her. In a public bathroom, he encounters his doppelganger. The doppelganger promises to fulfill his wishes in return for a fraction of his life. But when fulfilled, his wishes do not emerge the same he envisioned…
Director
Ali Hatami
Writer
Ali Hatami
Languages
Persian
Studio
Payam Cinematic Organization
Cast
Parviz Sayyad
Hasan Kachal
Katayun Amir Ebrahimi
Chelgis
Hamide Kheyrabadi
Hasan's Mother
Sadegh Bahrami
Hasan Khayat-Bashi
Yadollah Shirandami
Sirous Ebrahim Zadeh
Hassan Raziani
Sorayya Beheshti
Manoucher Ahmadi
Vahab Noorizadeh
Production
Company
Payam Cinematic Organization
Producer
Ali Abbasi
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