Captain Khorshid (1987)
ناخدا خورشید
Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
- Date of release
- 1987-03-02
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Nasser Taghvai
Casting
- Dariush Arjmand — Khorshid
- Ali Nasirian — Farhan
- Saeed Poursamimi — Malool
- Parvaneh Massoumi — Khorshid's wife
- Fathali Oveisi — Colonel
- Jawad Roshan
- Jafar Mohaddes — Khaje Majed
- Reza Babolian
Interesting facts
- Based on: To Have and Have Not
Captain Khorshid is a 1987 Iranian film written and directed by Nasser Taghvai. It is based on Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, but it moves the setting from Cuba to the south of Iran and the shores of the Persian Gulf. All the events of the film are nationalized.
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