Hajji Washington (1983)
حاجی واشنگتن
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.
- Date of release
- 1983-02-01
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- History, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Ali Hatami
Casting
- Ezzatollah Entezami — Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
- Richard Harrison — President Andrew Johnson / Grover Cleveland
- Ransel Cass — Native Indian Chief
- Mario Donatone
- Ludovico Della Jojo — Mirza Mahmood
- Mario Diano — American Secretary of State
- Mehri Vadadian — Hajji's Wife
- Esmail Mohammadi — Peep Show Man
Interesting facts
Hajji Washington is an Iranian comedy-drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington. Filmed in Italy and Ghazali Cinematic Mini-City in 1982, Hajji Washington was not publicly screened in Iran until 1998. The film's music is by the late Persian classical musician Mohammad-Reza Lotfi.
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