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Death of Yazdgerd (film)

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Wikipedia article




'Death of Yazdgerd' (, 'Marg-e Yazdgerd') is a 1982 Iranian drama film by Bahram Beyzai based on the play of the same name.

Plot



The story of the film is based on the murder of Yazdgerd III, the last emperor of Sasanian Persia, who while being hard pressed by the Arabs on his western flank, fled to Marv where he was slain by a miller in a mill, in which he had been taking refuge.

The film begins with the Zoroastrian high priest (magus) of the Persian Empire, accompanied by the imperial army commander entering the mill to try the miller accused of murdering the emperor. The miller, his wife and his daughter, while trying to exculpate themselves, all express a different version of the same incident. As the story shifts, more questions come up than are answered.

A central theme in the film is the social disaffection among the general population of Persia at the eve of the Arab Islamic conquests and inequality in the highly class-based society, in which the wealthy elite and the Magi had amassed a disproportionate amount of wealth that they owed to heavy taxation and the benefactions of the pious.

Book



The play was translated into English by Manuchehr Anvar and published in Tehran. Another English translation is named 'Death of the King', published in 'Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran' in Canada.

Cast



* Susan Taslimi as the miller's wife ( ; zan-e sibn)

* Mehdi Hashemi as the miller (; sibn)

* Mahmoud Behrouzian as the priest (; mobad)

* Amin Tarokh as the general ( ; sardr sphbed)

* Karim Akbari Mobarakeh as the army chief (; sarkarde)

* Yasaman Arami as the miller's daughter (; doxtar)

* Ali Reza Khamseh as the soldier (; sarbz)

References



Category:Films based on plays by Bahram Beyzai

Category:Films directed by Bahram Bayzai

Category:Films set in the 7th century

Category:History of Iran on film

Category:Iranian drama films

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