Haji Agha is a traditional man who holds a hostile view of the motion pictures. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter and his son-in-law, Parviz, both are getting trained for acting.
If you have any interest in how movies started in other parts of the world, you should probably watch this. It is a silent film from 1933, so it is definitely for the history nerds or people who don't mind a bit of flicker on the screen. If you can’t stand black and white movies without sound, you will probably hate it...
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"If you have any interest in how movies started in other parts of the world, you should probably watch this. It is a silent film from 1933, so it is definitely for the history nerds or people who don't mind a bit of flicker on the screen. If you can’t stand black and white movies without sound, you will probably hate it within five minutes. Haji Agha is this incredibly stiff, traditional guy. He hates the idea of movies. He thinks they are corrupting or something. But his daughter and her husb..."
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1930 · IMDb 7.6
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