Iran, the New Persia
1939, Danish. Directed by Theodor Christensen & Axel Lerche & Ingolf Boisen & Tove Hebo.
Documentary film about the final construction and inauguration of the Trans-Iranian Railway Company by the Battle of Saxony - a 1400 km stretch between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. The stretch through rugged and difficult-to-access terrain involved the construction of 250 bridges and 250 tunnels. Work began in 1933 and was completed 6 years later. This movie takes a view at the Iran in the path of modernization and focuses at the Railway construction project as part of the path and tells the story of how it had been done.
- Runtime
- 0h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
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- Released
- 10 May 1939
- Original title
- Iran, det nye Persien
- Country
- Denmark, Iran
- Written by
- Ingolf Boisen, Axel Lerche, Theodor Christensen
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Iran, the New Persia runs 46 minutes (0h 46m).
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Iran, the New Persia isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 May 1939. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Iran, the New Persia?
Iran, the New Persia (1939) was directed by Theodor Christensen and Axel Lerche and Ingolf Boisen and Tove Hebo and stars Ebbe Neergaard, Karl Roos, Johannes G. Sørensen.