The Herald
1990, Persian. Directed by Samuel Khachikian.
Uncle Hashem, an old villager who was formerly a skilled hunter and now has poor eyesight, decides to hunt a deer and sell it to a mule-driver to fund his journey with the Chavoush group so he can go on a pilgrimage to Ali ibn Musa al-Rida.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 13 March 1990
- Original title
- چاووش
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Alaeddin Rahimi, Masoomeh Taghipour
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The Herald runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Herald isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 March 1990. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Herald?
The Herald (1990) was directed by Samuel Khachikian and stars Parviz Pourhosseini, hosein yaryar, Mohammad Abhari.