GAV (1969)

Film details

Featuring

Ezzatollah Entezami Ali Nassirian Jamshid Mashayekhi
Country

Iran
Year

1969
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The COW Alternative
GAW Alternative
GAAV Alternative

Synopsis

Mashdi Hassan, a 50 year-old peasant, owns the village cow which he loves, but in his absence one day it dies. His distress at this loss leads to madness: he imagines he is the animal, and eventually dies like his cow.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Mashdi Hassan
    
    Ezzatollah Entezami
  - Islam
    
    Ali Nassirian
  - Abbas
    
    Jamshid Mashayekhi
  - Kadkhoda, head of village
    
    Jafar Vali
  - boy
    
    Khosro Shojazadeh
  - idiot
    
    Ezzatollah Ramezanifar
  - cast member
    
    Parvis Fannizadeh
  - cast member
    
    Esmaeil Davarfar
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Dariush Mehrjui
  - Production Company
    
    Caspian Studios
  - With the Sponsorship of
    
    Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts
  - Producer
    
    Dariush Mehrjui
  - Screenplay
    
    Dariush Mehrjui
  - Screenplay
    
    Gholam-Hosayn Sa'edi
  - From novel 'The Mourners of Bayal' by
    
    Gholam-Hosayn Sa'edi
  - Director of Photography
    
    Fereidoun Ghovanlou
  - Editor
    
    Dariush Mehrjui
  - Editor
    
    Zari Khalaj
  - Music
    
    Hormoz Farhat

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