Iran / Jan 01, 1970
Hassan, the Bald (1970)
Directed by Ali Hatami
1h 40minruntime
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Plot
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…
Genres
AdventureFantasy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | حسن کچل |
| Original language | فارسی (FA) |
| Spoken languages | فارسی |
| Production countries | Iran |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Payam Cinematic Organization |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1970 |
| Production | Ali Abbasi |
| Writer | Ali Hatami |
| Cinematography | Nosratollah Kani, Nariman Piram, Amir Naderi |
| Assistant directors | Ali Hatami |
| Camera operators | Nariman Piram, Amir Naderi, Nosratollah Kani |
| Additional photography | Nariman Piram, Amir Naderi, Nosratollah Kani |
| Production design | Hassan Pakzad, Hassan Paknezhad |
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| Art direction | Hassan Paknezhad, Hassan Pakzad |
| Set decoration | Hassan Pakzad, Hassan Paknezhad |
| Music | Varuzhan, Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh, Babak Bayat, Mirza Goodarzi, Mahtab, Rubik Mansuri, Hossein Badihi |
| Sound | Mirza Goodarzi, Varuzhan, Mahtab, Rubik Mansuri, Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh, Hossein Badihi, Babak Bayat |
| Costume design | Fereshteh Shafai, Iraj Safdari |
| Makeup | Fereshteh Shafai, Iraj Safdari |
| Hairstyling | Fereshteh Shafai, Iraj Safdari |
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