فیلم سینمایی ایرانی یتیم خانه ایران | The Iranian Orphanage Film Irani With English Subtitles

In the name the Most High Ravayat-e-Fath presents Ok, we are ready. Can we start? Go! In the year 1918 the king of England orders General Dunsterville to open a way to Baku... ...through northern Iranian territory in order to help the British forces who were battling... ...to occupy the oil-fields of Baku. So Dunsterville commands the intelligence officer of his army to capture one of... ...Mirza Kuchik Khan's comrades, it means my father, so that provided with complete... ...information, they s

et off for the northern roads of... ...Iran which were in the control of Mirza Kuchik Khan. And that person close to Kuchak Khan, my father, was a Mohammad Javad Bonakdar Which the warriors knew as Salarakhan Rajab Gholi, where are you taking us to? Ha? I say where are we heading for? Stop him! Salar Khan is here, catch him! Catch him! Salar Khan is here. -Is it him? -Yeah, it's him. Salar Khan, surrender! You are surrounded. You've run out of bullets. No knife I shot you in your right shoulder.

You'll survive. Faster, faster, faster... Drive faster you idiot! Faster...God! He's running away. He's running away Don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot! Don't shoot. I want him alive. Don't shoot! As it's written in ...'s memoirs the worst moments in his life were when Dunsterville... ...pulled off his medal and when Goldsmith told him: "Salar is in Tehran. If you are not capable of arresting him, confess it so I myself will do that." I remember very clearly my getting into mischief while my

father was being examined. A tired and pessimistic father to everyone Even Mirza Kuchak Khan Breathe. Breathe deeply. -Do you feel pain? -No. You can ride a horse again. Hello ... hello. Sorry for being late. I got distracted. You're too young to get distracted. Take Maryam with you. What kind of medicine shall I prescribe you for your state of depression? For me it's ok, but at least care about your wife and children. You bother everyone for the simple reason that an English spy has betrayed y

ou. Well, the English know their job. It was obvious that they would capture you. You'd better thank God that those who found you didn't surrender you to the English forces. I don't care about myself. It's about betraying a whole country. Nowadays betraying the country is a commonplace act. We've dropped behind it's been now one hundred years my son, and we'll keep moving... ...behind until the time these gentlemen keep exalting the Parisians and the Londoners... ...right in the middle of Dar al

-Funun in such a way that our young students... ... are easily tempted to be the servants of those countries. It grieves my husband that he can do nothing about the betrayers... ...and the whores who give everyone hell. A whore goes to hell by herself, while a betrayer takes the country to hell. There is no hope of survival for this country. The flow of enemy troops has devastated this land. All I want to say is that you must protect your wife and children against this hell on earth. You want me

to pretend that nothing has happened, just as you do? I'm struggling with my conscience to pretend that everything is ok, dear uncle I've given up hope for the recovery of the country. For the moment I can only help people recover from illness. By this I mean that my brother is badly ill and... ...your health condition adds to the problem as well. At least when you meet him put on that you're feeling well. Good-bye. I dared to cross, it's better not to be a lady Now that she's here, go for late

r I sent a message to your wife through your son Mirza Fazlullah Khan To warn them not to get me stuck The children have disturbed the order of... ...the school by what I said about Seghatol Islam. I strongly advise that Seghatol Islam be kept uninformed. Bye What he said is considered as backbiting and gossip, isn't it? Go and play. Go my dear. Dear father, take another sip. Dad... I can't. I don't like it. Brother, if you don't have faith in the herbal medicine, you should at least take... ...

the syrups produced by the new pharmacy. You are a doctor. You have studied medicine in France, so you know the properties of the herbs. I don't have appetite for that. I don't know what will happen to the orphanage after I die. Dear father, may God protect you for us. You requested me to take charge of orphanage and I said... ...I would manage it, I will do that. I'll definitely take care of those children even if it makes me ignore... ...my own children, Fazlollah and Aazam. We got engaged, bu

t dad suddenly changed his mind and my uncle has kept silence. Aazam and I are helpless in this situation and have no alternative. I'll convince your uncle, but your father doesn't listen to me. As I said before, you must threaten him,... ...but don't forget to have respect for him as a father. You mean I threaten that I would suicide? No. I don't know how to say... Tell him that you would go into the jungle and join Mirza Kuchik Khan Jangali. My father hates Jangali's followers. Well, that's mu

ch better. Try your luck, or you succeed or you fail. There's no doubt. My father hates the jangalis to the point that even he would be ready to marry... ...Halimeh Khatun to show his disapproval. Then you are the winner. Ya Ali. Hello. Dear father, God willing, I will come to visit you when you feel better. May God be with you. My son, remember that here, Iran, is your homeland. They have come to this land by force. Sure father, sure. Dear uncle, doctor, with your permission. Take care. Let me

go! Let me go! Cousin, cousin...I have a word with you, cousin. You're making a mistake. Aazam is a moody girl. Yes, as I was telling you these children are legitimate orphans... ...of the Iranian Constitution. Don't let the anglophiles bring up their children. Otherwise they would lead their fathers' way to the British embassy. Hardly a decade has passed since the last famine. We bought wheat and barley from the alderman... You must rest. Tomorrow you'll have plenty of time to talk. Well, your

English wife was satisfied. She herself celebrated the engagement party, didn't she? She wanted you, the permanent nuisance, to be entertained with that child during... ...the time she was here, but now she has gone and I'm alone. But Aazam and I really lo... Shut up! I told you not to mention her name in front of me. Ok... Then, I'm going into the jungle to join Mirza Kuchik Khan... Don't be such an ass! General Dunsterville is coming to construct a way for the British troops... ...who are figh

ting in Badkoubeh. Britain means half of the planet Earth. That Jangali and a handful of his miserable gunmen. Understand this! Now you'd better go and make reports about this historical war as a real gentleman. The newspaper "Thunder and Humour" is waiting for your writings too. You dim-witted boy! "I'm going to join Kuchik Khan!" My father felt depressed. He couldn't believe that the English spies had infiltrated very near to Mirza. Sometimes he slapped the back of his hand and said: "It was l

ucky for us that nobody knew our address except Mirza." Then he fell silent...silent. Hello. Hello. Oh, come on! There's nothing wrong with our being happy. You just keep shaking your head. Hello sir. Come on, go do your jobs. Go now. Hello Khatoun. It doesn't make sense gathering together and clapping! Dear Kharoun, we've ran out of flour. There's nothing left. He's coming. Hello Sir. Welcome. Go inside please. Welcome here. Hello Khatoun. Hello. Hello Sir. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello Sir. We sh

ould do something for the flour we need. Give her to me my daughter. Take her mom. I'm tired. - Here. - Sorry dad. Take it. Dad! Dad. Seyyed Kazem, Seyed Kazem is here. Hello Seyyed. Hello. May God accept your pilgrimage! What happened to the loads? We failed. The English confiscated them. Fazlollah enters the women's room without informing beforehand...ah! You two do nothing but finding fault with each other. Don't you have anything to do? Take her and put some camphor on her hands. Ok. Hello M

r. Seyyed. May God accept your pilgrimage! Hello Khatoun. What's wrong? Has anything happened? They didn't let us bring the loads. They seized the caravan from us and took the camels and the mules by force. Then they gave us the check of the Royal Bank which is worth one third of the current value. Give me back my pen. Give me my pen. Give it to me. Seyyed let's go. Hey! Hey! 'Iran Orphanage' Come and buy samovar! ... high quality samovar, English samovar. I have fresh dates! Come and buy good d

ates! Hello. Hello...hello. More power to your elbow. I have a word with you. Try broiled heart and liver and kidneys. - Give me two bars of them. - Surely I do sir. My father had hired an agile spy who appeared everywhere like a phantom. He even brought news to my father from inside the embassies. Halimeh Khatoun always used to say that my father's spy was in contact with the jinn. - Hello. - Hello. Don't be upset! You haven't drunk your tea. Very good! Let it go. I knew that you would be infor

med before me, who am the owner of the loads. Where to? We were chatting. Why do you get huffy? Hello Mirza. He is as strong as a bull. Well, everybody calls him 'Ramezun, the bully'. You must know him, too. God knows I'm a pagan, but I'm a distinguished man. I buy camels together with the loads they carry. If someone else was in their place, he would seize your loads by force. They've already done it by force. Those loads were the food for the orphans. Oh, don't say that 'cause I'm tender-heart

ed! That makes me cry! You should say such a thing to someone who is unaware of the fact that half of the food... ...people of Tehran need is stocked in the basement of that so called orphanage. Do you sell flour? Yes, I both sell and buy. Well, this is my job. Here is the check of the Royal Bank. For every kilo I pay you the money for three kilos. Are you joking? With this check you can't buy even half a kilo. Now it's forty times more expensive. If you have really converted to Islam, listen. E

very day I have to feed one hundred and fifty orphans and servants and maidservants. Three to one the deal and accept this check. This check isn't worth even a grain of wheat. Give it to me. What's wrong with you? Seyyed Kazem, let's go to our own marketplace. You'll come back! What's the matter with you all? Why are you so weary just like these hens that don't want to lay eggs? Ask them to cook chicken for tomorrow. Choose the hens that don't lay eggs. Are you all right, Khatoun? The children h

aven't had meat for a month. We don't have birdseed to feed the hens that don't lay eggs. In my father's marketplace, Haj Abolfazl Bonakdar, trains of... ...caravans used to come and go every day. But the caprice of time made my father who hadn't exchanged even a word with... ...my uncle for many years swallow his pride. 'Thunder' I came here for the sake of the children. I've promised to father to supply the children's needs so that they don't lack anything. The caravan that was carrying their

food supply is now being confiscated. You made a promise, not me dear brother. Your caravan's loads are consumed by the English troops by now. Your camels, they were all roasted on fire. Even if I were the king of England, I could do nothing for you. We can take them back. They're not still gone. I've been informed that they are waiting at the customs office on the border... ...of India to give back the loads if they're paid enough money. Mr. Seyyed Zia will be angry. Again we're an hour behind

schedule for the newspaper. I climbed up the stairs only because of the children. What a pity that Modarres has warned them not to complain after they are beaten. They make complaints only if you beat them. If it wasn't like that I would send men to beat Kazem so that everyone would... ...reveal the place of their storehouses. The embassy is afraid that the clergymen are agitated. If they rise, the people also follow them. For the moment the people of Najaf, Qom and Tehran are calm and hungry. O

therwise on the border of India they would seize his loads and instead... ...of giving him a check, would beat them. They would beat them?! "It's interesting to watch the show when the curtains move aside." "It's interesting to watch the show when the curtains move aside." "Then one should praise it and say well-done!" "Then one should praise it and say well-done!" Say O Ali! O Ali! Bravo! You've become so strong champion. Very good. Mobarak, what are you doing here? Do you want to shovel? Now i

t's your turn. I'm going to play tombak and sing to see what you can do. "I'm a champion." "I'm a champion." "I walk into the battlefield." "I walk into the battlefield." "I'll knock down the demon and erase him from the story." Mr. Mirza Mohammad Javad, rescue me from your son. I tell him that Mr. Seghatol Islam Esfahani is my son- in-law. There is nothing to say behind his back. The only thing I said is that they say something about him; He has a reputation to be... ...a political clergyman wh

o opposes the advanced and civilized countries. Is it backbiting? What a trouble I'm in! No, he as a Shiite cleric said that this is lying and backbiting at the same time. He is not against the progress and the civilization; he disapproves... ...the interference of the foreigners. Listen child, I said politics and the clerics and the religion are not in accord with each other. Hello son. Don't you like the puppetry? What a disaster! What a misfortune! What are so unfortunate! We just became orph

ans! 'There is no god but God, the Almighty' Everybody say aloud 'There is no god but God, the Almighty' 'There is no god but God, the Almighty' John Straw has written in his memoirs that he arrived in Tehran... ...at 10 o'clock in the morning. A city with a population around five hundred thousand people situated... ...on the foot of the mountain Alborz. 'Peace be upon Him and his holy descendants' A new one-eyed English lieutenant has arrived. Go. Yes, as I was telling you these children are le

gitimate orphans of the Iranian Constitution. Don't let the anglophiles bring up their children. Otherwise they would lead their fathers' way to the British embassy. Otherwise they would lead their fathers' way to the British embassy. I said I would manage it, I will do that. I'll definitely take care of those children even if it makes me ignore... ...my own children, Fazlollah and Aazam. 'Tehran, the British Embassy' I requested to choose a reliable person who knows the ordinary folks... ...of

Tehran and they introduced you to me. I came to say that I'm ready to risk my life to follow your orders, sir. I'm not a complimentary person like the Iranian people. If they don't agree with me ... It's cholera. Do you understand what I say? It's contagious. They suffer from cholera. They'll soon die. They won't survive. I can't...I don't want to wash them... It's contagious... I catch cholera too ... I won't wash them... leave me ...they've caught cholera ...don't you understand? Choleraaa! I

won't wash them. Their relatives said it's contagious. They've caught cholera. It's very confidential. Nobody knows about it except the ambassador and nobody... ...else must be informed of it. I emphasize "nobody". You are too strict about this. Since last year many events have taken place. The tsar regime has fallen. The Ottoman Empire is disintegrating. Germany is losing the battle. Soon you'll regain your rank. Poor little guy! Who are you to console me?! Just help me to find him. Sir, I'm a

merchant, not a militant man. Nevertheless for your sake I'm ready to sniff like a dog to find him. "I'm not a militant man...I'm a merchant... I'm a reporter" These words are good enough only for wheedling your own people. Remember, whoever no matter what his job is when cooperates with the embassy of... ...the British Kingdom is a militant person. Do you know him? Sir, you won't find men with these features in Tehran. They are in the jungle. It's not even easy to find him there. Or you find hi

m, or you'll be lost from this world. Thank you very much. I hope I can return the favor. You're welcome. I go with the children. When will the orphanage close its doors? I don't know who said in the mourning ceremony that because Haj Abolfazl passed... ...away and the famine has break out the orphanage will be closed. This Mirza Fazlollah spreads the news! He is the one who has a loose tongue! I told you in the funeral that Mirza Mahmoud Khan's gout has worsened... ...after hearing the news of

his father's death and he is now in bed. He told me that with the cholera and the escape of the nobles from the city we... ...cannot organize an honorable meeting of mourning for him. He doesn't agree. Interfering in political issues and combining the religion with the worldly affaires is a mortal... ...sin the result of which is the famine and the diseases we are suffering from. I'd rather not to talk with this politically engaged cleric. See you later. With permission. I'm preparing for a trip

. Sit down, please. What do you decide to do? We won't have a ceremony. It seems that this relative of yours doesn't get alone with you. A wise person realizes well that both your... ...qanat and his was built by the same constructor... ...and the water flows directly into the pretentious embassy... ...of the Great Britain. Yes. You spend your time with the revelers and the gang of ruffians. Don't you think you're too old for that? People regard the ones who were involved in the Treaties of Gole

stan... ...and Turkmenchay as scoundrels, not the folks who go to the bazaar mosque every day. Come here. Halimeh, Halimeh. Take it easy. They are engaged. It's not the right time for that. They're in love. They're decent. Let them talk a little bit. -Hi. -Hi. God willing, as soon as I get there I'll telegraph you. The border is dangerous. Don't go. You're not obliged to. No way. I have to prove by any means that I can handle myself. You can read all the news in Times and Iran newspapers. Beside

s, I'll telegraph you all the time. I'm anxious. Don't worry. For the moment we cannot talk about our wedding because of the decease of father. My dad also is reluctant as usual. But I try to return in a month. Thanks to your English stepmother we got engaged. InshaAllah we will celebrate a luxurious wedding party here in this very garden. InshaAllah. I'd love to. Yes Halimeh Khatoun, we're coming. These children are unfortunate. They are affected by the famine. Here is the letter; here is the t

estament and the key. The letter is for the alderman of Balakouh. There is a sum of money saved for the situation similar to the current one. Your father also left you a chest. It's my turn. Give me one. I searched half of Tehran. I look everywhere, but I don't see him. I didn't recognize you. You're so astute. I'm afraid that he recognizes me and escapes. Otherwise I would seal off the entire city and examine the houses one by one to find him. They don't know that this is my bakeshop that gives

them bread. Let's go. Stay here. I do. Seyed Kazem ... Go! I can't. They're quarreling there. The horse will shy. Move aside man. How are you, bogeyman? I say let's go to my shop. There's so little food in this storehouse that it doesn't even look like a storehouse. It will be filled by tonight, don't you think so? They are on the way. Seyyed Kazem is going to fetch them tonight. Pour it in all the cauldrons. Why are you crying? I don't like to be bald. You don't like to be bald? He doesn't lik

e to be bald. -Do you want me to cut all my hair? -Yes. Yes? Sabz Ali, cut my hair. But Mirza ... Just do it. I saw someone running away. Oh, damn you sergeant. Why did you shoot Fath Ali? He was the man who reported me the caravan's itinerary. Mirza, help me. All right, I'm going to help you. Help him sergeant. Let go to see if anybody needs help. He's coming around. Dear uncle, let's stop by the storehouse. Give him a pill in case he feels pain. You see uncle? I was living my life, but they di

dn't let me. They want me to eat the pray with the wolf, to grieve with the shepherd... ...for his loss, ignore the people who are dying from starvation before your... ...eyes and come to fight us. There is no other way but fighting. Fighting? Fighting whom? Here, read it. Look what they've written about the services rendered to the Iranian people by... ...the British government. Such are the open-minded of this country. Then how can you fight this group? Dear nephew, Britain is a monster with t

housand hands for which thousands... ...of clerics, reporters, jangalis and politicians are working. Take your wife and children to the village on the mountain and forget about... ...the cholera and the famine and Britain. If only the one-eyed English guy finds you... I'm already making his coffin. You've sent less flour than what we had agreed. Everybody found out about it. Who? Me? Hello. We finance the army while one part of the needs is covered by the confiscated materials. And you, very cle

verly cheated the army and the embassy. So your share is reduced to one percent. But sir, my share is five percent. Listen, we must find that guy before General Dunsterville arrives. You are too tough on me, sir. The news of your children's death will be telegraphed to you from... ...London if you don't find him. They're in London, right? Yes sir, they're in London. At seven o'clock in the morning of January 1, 1918 General Dunsterville entered Iran. At that time the Russian Revolution of Octobe

r 1917 had already taken place... ...and the secret treaty by which Russia and Britain had shared Iranian territory......between themselves was revealed. This created a severe sense of antagonism towards... ...the English among the Iranian people. General Baratov and Colonel Bicheirkhov let all their corps at... ...the disposal of the British forces. In this way the British took advantage of an army with Russian uniforms... ...and weaponry to add to their crimes. (in Russian) If you're taken ser

ious, it's because of Sir Melling's order. So, don't talk too much. Get on the car. Hessam sent telegrams to Aazam all the time... ...and talked to her with love and affection. The embassy eavesdropped all the telegraphs, including Hessam's telegraphs... ...and gave the transcripts to my uncle, Mirza Mahmoud. The Reuters report horrible news about the famine and death toll from... ...all over Iran to the British press. It scares me reading about it. We publish only one tenth of it. Eighty thousa

nd people of the population of Iran are Jewish and twenty... ...million of them are Muslim. In order to have equality and fraternity it's better to reduce them to eighty thousand. This is not a matter to be scared about. You vicious malefic man, in this situation not only the Muslims, but also the Jews,... ...the Armenians and the Zoroastrians are also perishing. If a Jew is not capable of making money in this chaos, then he'd better die. Here. This is the check for the delivery of your share. T

ake it. Where is Mosayyeb? It's noon. Didn't I tell you to go into the cellar to see whether Mosayyeb has delivered... ...the loads to the orphanage or not? Fazlollah goes to the toilet repeatedly. It's none of your business. Late at night I saw Mosayyeb and his wife heading for the garden. They stoke from us, Khatoun! Fazlollah, Fazlollah. Hurry up son! Let's go to the garden. Maybe they've taken them there. The streets are not secure Khatoun. Take care of Maryam. Don't give orders! Mosayyeb, d

id you take the sack of the flour to the orphanage? No Khatoun, Last night when I was coming the... ...alleys were full of brigands and hungry people. Mosayyeb, Mosayyeb. What are you doing? Don't come closer, Khatoun. Zobeydeh Khatoun died. Oh my God! Why? Her sister was ill and she had gone to see her. When she came back she said that her sister had caught cholera and died. The children brought her sister's children here. She was feeling really bad last night. I also didn't feel well. So we al

l came here lest you and your children catch the disease. Get up. Let's go. I take you to the doctor. No, no. You may catch it. Fazlollah, Fazlollah. Don't my son. Let's go fetch your uncle. Leave him there. It's contagious. Fazlollah. We drank dough (yogurt water) together the other day. We also drank tea in the same glass. If I was infected the symptoms would have appeared by now. Fazlollah, wait. You can't do it alone. Fazlollah, go to the hospital. But don't get inside the orphanage. Call yo

ur uncle to come out. Fazlollah. Don't get inside the orphanage. The children will catch it. Fazlollah... Fazlollah, did you have diarrhea my son? Yes. I neither touch Maryam, nor Aazam. I also washed the toilet. Fazlollah. 'Tehran Public Hospital' Uncle ... Sir, sir, the doctor is my uncle. Doctor!...Uncle! ...uncle. The doctor is my uncle. How much did the prime minister and the embassy of Britain aid? You sly reporter! You've come to see what you can... ...get among the shit and the puke of t

he people? One day you come to sign the Treaty of Turkmenchay, one day you sign... ...the Treaty of Gulistan, making the excuse that the salty water...of the sea has no use for you. ...of absolutism, while you yourselves had offered the whole country to Britain... ...on the pretext of making progress and civilizing the society. What else is left to take from us? You shameless, I need aspirins; I need quinine; I need sugar and salt. These people are dying. They suffer from typhoid, from cholera,

(sobbing) from plague. You want to write reports? Come and see by yourself. Look. Look what you're taking to the English as a souvenir. These young people know well what is happening in this country,... ...but they believe their future depends on their submission to the rich Englishmen. If the English are not deaf and blind they can understand that these people... ...are meeting their nasty doom in only a few weeks and ... ... anyone who has all this on his conscience can't keep silent. Step bac

k. Step aside. Step aside. Go away. Don't stand here. There is no more room. Open the door. In an isolated part of Shemiran in Tehran there was a place where... ...the English gathered together to carouse and amuse themselves in a frivolous way. My father ambushed to kill John Straw. Fazlullah got cholera But his hand started to tremble once he heard my brother had caught cholera. The doctor said he may not survive. He is extremely restless repeating "dad, dad" Dear uncle, I'm afraid the disease

affects the children in the orphanage. The whole country is an orphanage. There is no one to lead and protect these people. If there was someone who would move ahead we wouldn't be this much... ...humiliated to die in shit and filth. At least we would die with dignity. Each of these would survive simply with a few pills and some syrup. But we have nothing. Then dear uncle, what can be bought? From where? Rumor has it that Dumsterville's caravan is carrying preventive medicine enough... ...for s

everal thousands of people. Even one of the doctors has suggested exchanging gold and jewelry for medicine. But they refused. Surely you can buy medicine from them. Yes I can. We know each other. I'll buy it from him. Do you let us to ask them to come tomorrow morning for burying the dead? Not tomorrow, tonight. We call the women. Wait. Wait. Wait. First pay ten tomans, ten tomans. He says or you give three kilos of bread for the grave digger and the mordeshour,... ...or you pay 10 tomans. If yo

u don't have any of them, you yourselves bury them somewhere. Mirza, an English car is approaching. Brother Ali, where are my gun and horse? You go. I bring them. Sir, a friend of mine has been working as a photographer... ...for newspapers for twenty years. If you permit me, I'll show him this image. If Jangali finds out that I'm here, he will run away. Otherwise I would put the photo on the wall and would offer a ten thousand... ...toman reward for his capture. Sir, my friend's wife is English

. She is a diplomat in the embassy of India. She is a close friend of Sir. Morling. Mr. Mirza Mahmoud Khan, the party isn't perfect without having... ...the beloved one by your side. Have they forgotten to close the doors of this damn building? I confess that I wish my son becomes at least the prime minister of this country. That's why I sent him to accompany Dunsterville's caravan. In this way I thought he would forget about this passing love,... ...but inversely love has flamed in him even mor

e. He is in love with the maidservant of the orphanage of... ...Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri's disciples. Lieutenant, let's dance. You and I have both lost something; you your eye and I my son. You look for that Jangali and I...come ... So you don't want to dance. So, what do you like to drink? Both are gifts from the Emperor George the Fifth ... Look at me. I have an important question. Then my stupid son... I drink this one, brandy. Never talk to an officer of the British army like this, especially

if... ...he is a man of noble birth. The dogs of Bukingham palace each have several medals similar to this one. Tell me who the man in the photo is. You piece of shit! People, I've got neither flour, nor paste. There is another bakery, the Abdol Sattar's, open along the bazaar. How do I make you understand this? O woman, don't you have husband? Go home. There is no bread. Aren't you a man of honor? People were extremely under pressure due to the famine. They stood long hours in the bakery lines

to get even a very small piece of bread. In one of these bakeries people were filled with an overwhelming sense... ...of outrage after seeing the police officers insult an old woman. So, they held a demonstration and rushed to the police station. I supposed that the minister of Britain would banish him to the front. Only because His Majesty the king of England had bestowed you the medal... ...he agreed my mediating in the affair. Otherwise your dead body would have been devoured by... ...the sta

rving folks of the country by now. Mr. Seyed Zia, do you confirm that I used to be a member of the Committee... ...of Ironmongers and Goldsmiths just like you and Mr. Taghizadeh? Yes. Undoubtedly a firm member. And do you confirm as well that if broad-minded men like me weren't here,... ...that one-eyed lieutenant would dare to parade up and down in Tehran? Isn't it true that you, Mr. Taghizadeh and I together with other broad-minded... ...men annihilated Sheikh Fazlollah's despotism and put an

end to his lawful... ...Constitution by hanging him? And then we made someone urinate in his beard... ...so that nobody dared to participate in his funeral? Isn't it true that one year later we planned the assassination of the reactionary... ...Seyed Abdullah Behbahani? Isn't it true that I prepared the ground for the exile, isolation and assassination... ...of Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabai with this very wounded hand, with my articles... ...in different newspapers and your newspaper, "Thunder" in p

articular. Look how I'm being valued after the effort I made and the things I wrote... ...to seize power from Modarres! Now an idiot man in boots allows himself to humiliate me. Of course there weren't only the open-minded. Many have suffered so that the clerics like Assadollah Kharaghani... ...and Ibrahim Zanjani realized the importance of progress and development and helped... ...to control the influential clergy of Najaf in order to prepare... ...the ground for hanging Sheikh Fazlollah. I wan

t you to be by my side. I'll be waiting to receive your letter of apology. Your Excellency, excuse me to say that. But Mr. Mirza Mahmoud Khan told me before this meeting that he was worried... ...whether or not the history had a correct judgment about Seyyed Zia. We are the ones who write the history and teach it. Even if you live one hundred years more you'll see that the one who sits in judgments... ...during the history has always been an anglophile. Your statements are a bit different from t

he calculations done by Colonel Hague... ...at the time of the formation of the Committee of Ironmongers... ...and Goldsmiths, your Excellency. Mirza Mahmoud Khan, if the calculations were really helpful, the mathematicians... ...would be the kings of the world. Copy this verse into your notebooks. Fazlollah. It's not good to stand there. Sit down. Sit down and copy the example. Sit down my son. 'Oh, your image vanishes from my memory 'Who knows what will happen... We've deviated from the main r

oute. We only need to cross that snowy mountain. Then we'll immediately face the English forces. Brother Ali. Grab hold of that horse and come. Dad... Put the load of the donkey on the mule and bring it here to share... ...the meat among these people. The villagers escaped from death and famine and disease to reach the north... ...of Iran, as they'd heard that Mirza Kuchik Khan had provided shelter and food... ...for seven hundred thousand people. At times Dunsterville's caravan and these moribu

nd people met each other... ...on the same way and camped next to each other. Dunsterville has described this situation in his memoirs. You've seen the whole Iran. You've been in Europe. You've worked for the most important newspapers of the world. In your idea why can't our politicians establish order and peace inside the country? -We don't deserve it? -No. You are very insulting to us. You are cowards. Read some history, young man. Meat...Meat... Don't be afraid. It's me, your uncle. Dear uncl

e... you, here? Cholera and typhoid and typhus have broken out in Tehran. Fazlollah died. It's very probable that the children in the orphanage catch the disease. How is Aazam? If they don't receive the medicine everybody dies. Isn't there any medicine for them? These guys have it. There are several thousand Russian and English soldiers... ...and none has died from the disease. Do you want me to talk to them? Possibly I can convince them and take some medicine from them. When a foreigner has aim

ed his gun right on your chest, talking doesn't make sense. Just tell me where they keep their medicine. 'Iran Orphanage' It doesn't have milk. The poor baby that was left out of the orphanage is dying from hunger. Take this one, too. More than thirty people are kept in quarantine. How can we feed them? No Halimeh, don't enter the quarantine room. I wish all these disasters and losses were a dream. They're sleeping. The beggar is sleeping. The king is sleeping. If they are awake, then why should

these children die in their mothers' arms? Take the child upstairs. Burn his clothes and then bathe him. All right. It has turned black. I don't know whether it's because of hunger or the disease? It's dead. Take it out. Doctor! Doctor, help. What happened to you? How did you catch the disease? I caught it from the child there. Di you go to the kitchen? I just went to the toilet. Nobody is allowed to enter the kitchen until I examine every body, even Halimeh. Get inside. Take the children insid

e. Come on! Shut the door. Tell them to bury him at night so that no one doesn't find out. Let's bury him next to Fazollah. Everybody knows. What are you doing here? Halimeh Khatoun! Some of the girls are feeling bad. Shush! Go! She's getting better. She is going to stay with her relatives to rest there for a few days. What's the matter my dear? I don't feel well. -Didn't she have diarrhea? -No. -Do you feel pain in your body? -Yes. What's up? Why did you come here? Take this child home. Don't y

ou see I'm busy? Why are you acting like this? I'm bored. I don't care at all. I'll send Beyram to take care of you. Mr. Aziz, prepare the cart. All right Khatoun. She is ok. What's the matter? There's nothing to worry about. Isn't it typhoid or cholera, doctor? No, they're just afraid. It's obvious. I'm afraid, too. This place is smitten with plague. Let' go. The fires have been lit recently. First came the famine, then the cholera, typhus and now the plague has spread. We set it on fire to red

uce the contagion. Hello lady, has anybody survived in this area? You are a polite rebel! We're looking for a shelter. Go behind the village. A few people are still alive there. All of us are ill to some degree. But this one isn't. He was in charge of the storehouse in Maragheh. The English forces set the storehouse on fire on the pretext of not letting it to the enemy. This one survived. I set fire to the spot your sitting now. It's completely safe. Don't worry. Have your meal. Let's start. So

you're not short of food. If every night some people arrive with a mule, we'll have enough to eat. We are all right. This is the only safe route. You have to pay in order to pass; at least a mule. I need an English military uniform. We have it. There's a hole and some blood on it. I'll have it washed. Two of their men had seen my daughter with a rabbit she had found. She wanted to take it for her sick husband. The English soldiers attacked her. She ran away. They chased after her. Finally her hu

sband killed one of them and he himself died, too. My daughter killed the other one. Tomorrow the English soldiers will pass through this place. Help us take some food from them as a payment for passing by here. We'll help each other. They ask what the problem is. They want to know what you need. Bread or anything with which these people can fill themselves. The medicine is on that cart. But uncle, they are sick. Is the medicine still on the cart attached to the last one? Yes, dear uncle. You ha

ven't seen me. Go. All right. Come on! Hurry up! Tell your grandchildren about the generosity of the British army. If we had a leader you couldn't even take one step to the other side of the border,... ...because these very people would definitely steeve you. Steeve you? What does it mean? Smith, what does "steeve you" mean? Steeve you!?! Steeve me! Steeve me! Be ready. The cart is approaching. Come out! Come out! Finally we could also do something. Open the door. Dear uncle, why did you ask us

not to bring all the medicines here? I thought they would possibly come to inspect this place in search of you... ...and seize my own medicines as well. Come here my son. Let her pass. Give this medicine to all of them. The doctor asked me to tell you that if you wash your hands before eating... ...and drink boiled water then the cholera would go away. Would go? Away. Very good. You went and distracted him so he couldn't see ones who stole the stagecoach. No. Say it once you remember. I don't kn

ow. I don't know. Abdossatar sold my father supplies of food in exchange for great amounts... ...of money and jewelry as he was greedy and planned... ...to take control of the mine. Hey, I'm coming. What's wrong with you? H...hi Mirza. Go stand over there. You sent a message saying that we were to meet in the marketplace. Your price was too high. I couldn't afford the money. That's why I came to your house. Take it; this is the amount we agreed on. I'll take the loads from you in the marketplace

. Hmmm, I'll count them. Your deceased father had a ruby ring about which he and I had talked. He didn't want to sell it. I swear to God if you send even a kilo less than what I paid for... ...or you play tricks on me, I'll kill you. Remember that the roads are not safe. Give it to me. How are you going to carry them? One hundred loyal strong gunmen accompany me. So even if an army blocks our path, we won't give them even a grain of wheat. So we meet at dawn in front of my shop in the marketplac

e. Don't forget. The king of Iran was preparing to set off for a trip abroad. He frequently changed his prime ministers. But the situation worsened day after day. The trustworthy and faithful men of each city started to help... ...the famine-stricken people. In Shiraz, after ten thousand people died because of the English flu... ...or the grip, Sheikh Mojtaba Mahallati took action. In Isfahan and Kashan Haj Agha Najafi and in Tehran... ...Seghatol Islam Isfahani intervened. Stand aside, stand as

ide aside! Move on! Give way. Let us pass. Give way. Stand aside. Stand aside. Stand aside. -Hello Haj Agha. -Hello. You are very welcome here. - God Bless you. - Thank you. -More power to your elbow. -Thank you. I asked them to add five more sacks of rice today,... ...so that there'll be enough food for everyone. Mr. Mostowfi was saying that we need to cook nine hundred kilos... ...of wheat and oats in order to feed the people of Tehran. One or two ladles of cooked grains won't be enough for ea

ch person. They line up again and again to get more food. As you're seeing nothing changes in this way. Instead they won't die. Distribute the blankets stealthily. I've already distributed the blankets stealthily. Just...is it for real sir? Ehh, you do your own job! Inquisitive man! Ok, sure. Give it to me. Give it to me. Hurry up. Come on. Come closer. Come closer. "Peace be upon Muhammad and his holy descendants" "Peace be upon Muhammad and his holy descendants" I'm going to see if everything

is alright with Aazam and Maryam. Then I go to the graves of Fazlollah and Golbarg. I'll be back very soon. Take some rest Khatoun or you'll perish, Heaven forbid. I can't. I'm a mother. I must see my children. Don't worry about her. I'll take care of her. I know him. Like his mother. Really? Who is he? Mr. John Straw you owe me an apology. Write it down. Who is he? Just a minute. I'm sorry, come here. I f you shoot him then we have to start from the beginning. Be patient. He is going to write a

letter of apology. Write it. I do. Ok. Who is he? Hein? Tell me who seized the stagecoach? Set yourself free. 'God willing we will celebrate a glorious wedding in this very garden.' 'I'd love to.' It's useless to go to his house, he won't be there. He can't find him. And if he looks for him in the orphanage and doesn't find him there, then? Just one push from the conspirators' side and it's over. Involve the minister. He is powerless. Fifty-fifty. No matter what. You want to revenge yourself on

you brother, as he is the legal... ...heir of all your father's assets and real estate. Then why do you want your share? Shut up. All right. Fifty-fifty. -Doctor. -Yes. Where is he, doctor? He is not here. You've searched everywhere. Where is he? Sit down! Sit down, sit down. Sit down! Sit down! Sit down children. Sit down everybody. Sit down. Where is Mohammad Javad Bonakdar? Where is Mohammad Javad Bonakdar? Let's run away No. No. Don't run away. No. O my God! Where is he? Let them go, and th

en I'll tell you. Where is he? In Shemiran. In his house. By his family. Doesn't he live here? He works here. Here is an orphanage. If you try to cheat me... Here you are. All over Iran, where ever the English troops have gone,... ...those places have been affected by the famine and disease. My brother is in charge of this newspaper. Look, it's written that Russia has brought about the famine in Iran. But Russians left the country last year. Besides, the Russian forces didn't enter Sistan... ...

and Balouchestan, Kerman, Shirza. Those cities are also suffering from the famine. Of course, famine and flood have always existed. But the unusual thing is that all of a sudden diseases... ...and famine broke out all over the country. Hello sir. I'm sorry. Ramezun, they caught Javad! Let's go! Hurry up, you good-for-nothings! Ramezun, prepare the other cart. Mater, master, master! What's up? What's wrong with you? Halimeh Khatoun has become like this eeehhhh. Is she here? Master, I'm scared. Hi

. Hello. I was taking them for someone else. They belong to the orphans. You know it well. The English mustn't seize them from us. Here you are. 'Post Office' Aazam was the first person who received the news of Hessam's death. Hessam. Hessam. No...No... Hey, hey! Han? Going to pee on your dad's grave! Halimeh! Halimeh! Yes, sir. Tell Khatoun to come in front of the entrance of the old underground reservoir. Sure sir. Sure. He cannot cross the yard. He is waiting for you in front of the old under

ground reservoir. Go! Are you ok? We are all fine. The children? The children are fine, too. How are you? I'm going into the jungle in such a way that the English realize it. In this way they will leave you at peace. We took the food supplies to a safe place. Brother Ali and Seyyed Kazem will bring them to you. Be Strong. When would we enjoy the tranquil life? We will fight until the time our children have no fear of any... ...English soldier or ambassador or any other foreigner. We came here fo

r the blankets. OK. I say... What? Does the English fellow understand our language? No. Are you sure? Yes. Be sure. They are real sly devils. I act cautiously. Turn this around while you talk. As I said I came for the blankets. The English ask how we are going to get three kilos of rice,... ...one kilo of mung beans or this one a bowl of sliced mutton meat to give them. It's none of my business. Here you are Haj Agha. Give me the fire. They say you are handling this affair. They say Modarres has

converted to Sunni Islam and has... ...gone to the Ottoman territory. They say that the Police collaborate with the criminals and pretend... ...to be on the people's side. They say many things. You distract this mister for the moment. You know me well sir. I have always been on Modarres's side and I'm still in favor of him. He was the one who insisted that this post be offered to me. As you know it's been now three years that the British government... ...has not paid Iran 25 percent of the oil

revenue on which they... ...agreed through the Treaty of D'Arcy. They refuse to pay the Iranian government this lawful share of... ...money alleging that the mobs have damaged the pipelines. They also refuse to pay the interest from commercial transaction... ...and customs services. According to the prime minister the British government owes us... ...ten million dollars and two million pounds sterling, but they don't pay... ...off because they have power. The politicians, on the other hand, are

inefficient. They themselves render services to Britain and get paid. They don't dare to protest. If only we had received a very small portion of this amount, a great number of people would have survived. Now one has to pay three hundred tomans for a mule that would... ...cost fifteen tomans before all this. Three kilos of wheat cost three hundred tomans now,... ...while we paid only fifteen tomans for it before. On the other hand the officers and soldiers haven't been paid since last year. They

are hungry. What do you expect me to do? You come and tell him. Excuse me for a moment. Haj Agha, God bless you. He means that if you receive any checks from the trade of rice,... ...wheat, bread, whatever, please don't forget the officers... ...and the ones who work in the police station. With one condition. Under the condition that tomorrow wherever the people go,... ...the police officers watch them. All right. Don't catch or beat people. Intimidate the English soldiers. Threaten that if the

y walk into the alleys there will be a chaos in the city;... ...the people will run riot and occupy the embassy... I don't know tell them such similar lies that you tell to frighten us... ...and make us keep quiet. This time tell them such things. That' it. Tomorrow send some carts here. I'll order to load them up with supplies for the police station. All right. -Haj Agha! -Tell me. I'm going to make a fuss to feign anger and disapproval. -Will you let me? -Go ahead. What's it all about? I'm goi

ng to make a complaint against you. I'll report this to the authorities. You are responsible for everything happened. From now on I know what to do inside the jails. Brother Ali and I are glad to receive you here, brother. Thank you. Ramezun, why does Abdossatar think that you are dumb, my son? I'm not dumb. We beat him to death, but he didn't reveal... ...the whereabouts of the storehouses. We told him that we would ask Ramezun. He said Ramezun is dumb. I'm not dumb. I know where they are. Good

. Now let's go to see if you know where they are or not. I know. I'm not stupid. Let's go. -Get up! -Let's go! Let's go. I'm not dumb. I know it. The one with red strip. Up to the sacks of lentils they are all the loads they pillaged from us. We have to take them out to the orphanage through the back window. Then take out as much as you can before the people arrive. Go on. The royal storehouse is full of supplies of food. We have opened the doors of some of the storehouses in Sanglaj district. H

urry up to get there. Deliver the blankets and get what belongs to you. Hurry up! Around nine million people perished in this famine,... ...a death toll higher than the one caused by the Mongol invasion. But because England was responsible for it, this famine was nearly deleted... ...from the history and no particular book was written about this catastrophe. Even in school and university books nothing was mentioned about it. We take the share of the police station through the back window. Follow

me. Let's go! You must have killed them all. Take everything back before General Dunsterville and... ...Sir Rothschild arrive and take them to the storehouse. Kill as many people as necessary. You said that the storehouses belonged to the king? Sir, the storehouses belong to one of the friends of... ...the Great Britain and Sir Charles. Britain has neither a friend nor a foe. We have only benefits. The new prime minister and I heard you saying that the storehouses... ...belonged to the royalty.

Yes sir. The storehouses belonged to the King of Iran. Be careful not to involve the British government in these issues. You yourselves, the people and the king, should deal with it. Yes, sir. With your permission. John Straw had failed. But he went and convinced the ambassador that my father was... ...in the marketplace and obtained permission to massacre... ...people in order to capture him. You cunning fox. When will the Lords be satisfied of killing? One more year? Two years later? One hund

red year later? Two hundred years later? When? My father was wondering from one city to another until the fall... ...of Reza Khan and lived stealthily. When he returned the newspapers were fussing around,... ...narrating the story of assassinating the opponents of Reza Khan with... ...empty syringes by doctor Ahmadi and soldier Mokhtari. My father said that it was useless to fuss around like this Everything I told you was what I myself had seen or my parents had told me. Part of it was also from

the memoirs and manuscripts belonging to... ...the English officers who were captured by my father or the ones... ...which were published in a later time. May God grant you those days I wish my father was here to see these days.