Hezar Dastan

Overview

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Cast

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)

Ali Nasirian

Abolfath the Bookbinder

Ezzatollah Entezami

Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Shaban Ostadkhani a.k.a. Ostekhani

Davoud Rashidi

Moffatesh Shesh Angoshti

Jahangir Forouhar

Baqer Mirza / Head Waiter at Grand Hotel

Hosein Gil

Seyyed Morteza

Jafar Vali

Head of Shahrbani

Zari Khoshkam

Amineh Aghdas

Leila Hatami

Young Amineh Aghdas