The Lead
1989, Persian. Directed by Masoud Kimiai.
Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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Cast & crew
- Masoud KimiaiDirector
- Hadi EslamiNuri
- Amin TarokhDanial
- Farimah FarjamiMunes
- Fathali OveisiYezghel
- Jalal MoghadamDentist
- Yadollah RezvaniMeyer
- Hossein HosseinzadehHaj Mehdi (as Hossein Hossein)
- Poulad KimiayiChild
- Jamshid MashayekhiMirza Mohsen
- Parvin SoleymaniDanial's mother
- Nersi KorkiaShamun
- Gholam-Hossein LotfiYaghub
Details
- Released
- 1 February 1989
- Original title
- سرب
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Masoud Kimiai
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The Lead isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 February 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Lead?
The Lead (1989) was directed by Masoud Kimiai and stars Hadi Eslami, Amin Tarokh, Farimah Farjami.