Sohrab Shahid Saless ( سهراب شهید ثالث ) was born in 1944 in Tehran. He was an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema in the 20th century. After 1976 he worked in the German film industry and was an important component of the film diaspora. He studied film in Vienna and Paris. After returning to Iran, he first worked for the Ministry of Arts and Culture, where he made 22 films. In 1976, he left Iran for Germany, where he worked as a filmmaker
...until 1991. He then moved to Chicago, where he died in July 1998.Sohrab Shahid Saless has been a Director in some movies:
Still Life is about that In this artful and heartfelt drama, an elderly railway signalman and his wife lead a solitary existence living by a railway line that passes through a village in Iran. Every day the signalman works the track while his wife weaves carpets at home. They live a picturesque existence, with hopes for a peaceful retirement on the horizon. But when the signalman passes his job onto a younger man, the couple realises their still and tranquil life came at a price, one they can now no longer afford to pay. In this film Sohrab Shahid Saless collaborates with Parviz Sayyad, Eshagh Khanzadi, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Houshang Baharloo, Rouhollah Emami, Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammad Ali Kani, Hibibollah Safarian, Zahra Yazdani, M. Farshian -, Mohammad Sadeq Alami -, Hedayatollah Navid.
A Simple Event is about that The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. The boy helps his father in selling the latter's illegal fishing and helps his mother in shopping for her and bringing home water from a well. The three characters live together in only one room. Their life is austere. Until something changes it forever. In this film Sohrab Shahid Saless collaborates with Omid Roohani, Davood Mir-Bagheri, Eshagh Khanzadi, Rouhollah Emami, Hibibollah Safarian, Hedayatollah Navid, Mohammad Zamani -, Naghi Masoomi -, Naghi Massoumi, Aneh Mohammad Tarikhi, Majid Baghayi.
Sohrab Shahid Saless has been a Editor in some movies:
Harmonica is about that A young boy receives a harmonica as a present. His jealous friends compete to hold or play the harmonica but the games become more sinister and harmful. In this film Sohrab Shahid Saless collaborates with Amir Naderi, Alireza Zarrindast, Ahmad Asgari, Amir Hossein Hami, Herayr Atashkar, Masoud Goudarzi, Mehdi Javadi, Shahla Darvishi, Mahmoud Vafabakhsh, Eshagh Ahadzadeh, Abbas Raeisi, Jomeh Tanin, Yaghoub Moradzadeh, Mohammad Moradzadeh, Abbas Pourahadi, Jomeh Vafabakhsh.
Far From Home is about that This drama explores the grim lives of Turkish "guest workers" living in Germany. In this film Sohrab Shahid Saless collaborates with Parviz Sayyad, Rouhollah Emami.
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