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From Karkheh to Rhein
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Wikipedia article
'From Karkheh to Rhein' is a 1993 Iranian film written and directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia starring Ali Dehkordi and Homa Rousta.
The film is first German-Iranian co-production.
Plot
Saeed is an IranIraq war victim of chemical weapons who heads to Germany for Eye surgery and comes across his sister, Leila, who has been living in Cologne with her husband and son, Jonas for many years. Saeed gets his sight back after the surgery and triest to cope with the new and strange atmosphere around him. Saeed is getting ready to come back to Iran but everything goes wrong. Further examinations show that he suffers from leukemia. His disease has apparently resulted from chemical gases used by Iraq and sold by Germany in the war.
When Saeed's sister finds out about his disease, she tries to prevent any situation which will cause him stress, as the doctors advised. But Saeed becomes very ill when he watches the video of the funeral of Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, which was recorded by his brother in law. So, they take him to the hospital and he dies there while doing chemotherapy. This happens while Saeed's wife and his newly born baby are coming to Germany to meet him. The last scene of the film shows that the family of Saeed's sister is going back to Iran with his wife.
Cast
*Ali Dehkordi as Saeed
*Homa Rusta as Leila
*Heinz Neumann as Leila's Husband
*Asghar Naghizadeh as Basiji
*Sadegh Safayi as Basiji
*Farzaneh Asgari
*Parviz Sheikhtadi
*Noorbert Hanzing
*Nikel Gril
*Andreas Kurtz
*Majid Safavi
Soundtrack
The music of the film was written and performed by Iranian composer Majid Entezami who later had collaboration with Hatamikia in 'The Glass Agency' and 'The Scent of Joseph's Coat.'
Track listing
See also
*Karkheh, a river in Khuzestan Province, which was affected the most during the war
*Disabled Iranian veterans
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Category:1993 films
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Category:Films directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia
Category:Films shot in Germany
Category:German multilingual films
Category:Iranian multilingual films
Category:Films set in Germany
Category:IranIraq War films
Category:Films set in 1990
Category:1990s war drama films
Category:Iranian war drama films
Category:Films about cancer
Category:1993 drama films
Category:Crystal Simorgh for Best Film winners
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