"In the name of God the compassionate the merciful." "Luscinia (HEZAR DASTAN) by Ali Hatami" "Jamshid Mashayekhi" "Ezzatollah Entezami" "Davood Rashidi" "Ali Nasirian" "Mohammad Ali Keshavarz" "Jafar Vaali" "Hossein Gil" "Zahra Hatami" "Shahla Mirbakhtiar" "Jamshid Layegh" "Esmail Mehrabi" "Parviz Pourhosseini" "Mohammad Moti" "Ataollah Zahed" "Hooshang Beheshti" "Late Mohammad Taghi Kahnamoui" "Late Kheirollah Tafreshi-azad" "Late Esmail Mohammadi" "Jahangir Forouhar" "Roghieh Chehreh-azad" "Minoo Abrishami" "Mehdi Vadadian" "Afsar Asadi" "Mansour Valamagham" "Manouchehr Azari" "Reza Abdi" "Farhang Mehrparvar" "Soroush Khalili" "Nematollah Gorji" "Saeed Amir-soleimani" "Mohammad Varshoee" "Jahangir Almasi" "Asghar Hemmat" "Hossein Hatami" "Esfandiar Mavandadi" "Edited by:" "Abbas Ganjavi, Ali Hatami" "Audio and video editor:" "Hassan Hassan-doust" "Sound and mix:" "Roubik Mansouri" "Music by:" "Morteza Hannaneh" "Directors of photography:" "Mehrdad Fakhimi, Maziar Parto" "Production manager:" "Mohammad Mehdi Dadgou" "Distributed by:" "Channel 1 of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 1978-1987" "Written and directed by:" "Ali Hatami" "Previously on Luscinia..." "A jewelry shop gets robbed on" "Tehran's census day." "The stolen piece of jewelry is found and delivered to Master Mozaffar... by the six-fingered inspector." "Russian aircrafts appear." "The inspector goes on a new mission." "He disguises himself in the hectic situation until the dust settles." "The inspector enters Khoshnevis's house." "Khoshnevis is taken to Tehran from Mashhad and gets imprisoned." "Eshratabad Barrack is evacuated for the Red Army to settle." "Warriors are down-and-out." "Seyed Ebrahim tries to find a solution regarding this matter." "Humiliation, intimidation and physical assault." "Seyed Ebrahim delivers a sermon to the homeless soldiers." "He then takes an action to fill the empty stomachs of the brokenhearted army." "Allied powers enter the capital city." "The soldiers are called back." "Unpaid work, torture." "Reliance!" "Now I draw your attention to the rest of the news from BBC, London." "The reason for us to support" "Reza Shah was:" "The policy of Great Britain is nothing against Iran." "Meaning that it is to our interest that Iran's independence and territorial integrity... should be safeguarded." "The reason is that Iran is not only the gateway to India... but the gateway to the whole Asia." "It's lack of independence will surely do us harm." "However, the more the king was in power, the farther he went astray." "Enemies were induced that Reza Shah was manipulated by us and under our orders." "Soon we realized that our interests were endangered by naughty Germans... and the king's negligence." "For the same reason, we had no alternative but to dethrone him against our will." "We assure you that once the current issue is taken care of, we will leave your... territory and let you have full authority regarding your country issues." "The Soviet government that is allied with us has the same intention." "What happened to my wife?" "I sent her back to Mashhad under surveillance." "She left you a message when she was leaving." "She said to tell you that you have the solution to this problem." ""I don't know who is going to find my note."" ""I haven't been feeling so good for two days now." "I've been so restless."" ""When a few guys felt sick after eating my food, they ordered to take it back."" ""God help me."" ""Come to my rescue."" ""I can't write anymore."" "He's written this with a matchbox and some hair dye." "Come here." "According to the will of the prisoner 1221 his personal belongings were delivered to Reza Khoshnevis." "Sign here." "Did you see anything special carrier pigeon?" "Shall I wipe off the blood with water or the water with blood?" "No!" "That's not fair!" "No human would ever do such a thing." "You get more humiliated compared to me." "I'm your chained up prisoner." "You cannot do this." "Stop this!" "Your sentence has been pronounced." "No." "It's not execution by shooting." "You are not getting hanged either" "It's a medical death." "Typhus, the prison fever, spread by lice." "The book says:" "Typhus is an acute infectious disease with... severe headache and prolonged fever throughout the body." "After two weeks, the fever breaks" "rapidly." "The sick person usually dies." "Si!" "At the table." "We're celebrating." "This water was finally the oil for that old lamp." "The old lamp on that dusty shelf." "Now it is the dim light of same old lamp which enables me to see." "Reza was born in Tehran in a neighborhood full of life." "The only child of an old sincere couple... who had a child later in life and departed this life after a year of separation." "And still concerned about their old restless son, they are." "At the other side of the bazaar, Albolfath, a bookbinder from Tabriz had a shop." "Right in the heart of the bazaar." "Abolfath was one of the founders of the punishment council." "Without Reza knowing, he kept an eye on him from distance." "Based on his own criteria including imposture, he wondered if he could... make a professional shooter serving the council out of a famous hunter." "My father was a servant in" "Moayer al-Doleh's house... and my mother, the lady of her own place." "Her husband was a servant in another house, however she always... thought highly of him." "Grew up with the honest money my father brought us..." "I learned the art of serving unintentionally." "Together with my father I started sewing in the prince's house." "Incited by naughtiness or an evil nature, I grabbed the prince's gun... instead of my father's broom." "Powerful hands, sharp eyes and a flair for riding, led me to hunting." "I became a rifleman." "Here is your monthly salary." "Accept it as a gift and not your wage of course." "I appreciate your benevolence." "It will take courage to run business when the business is slack." "I take my stand in favor of hunting before him though he is corpulent... and I am all skin and bones." "It is the story of reed and kettledrum." "The sound of reed softens the thunderous sound of kettledrum." "I am actually talking about Ahmad Shah." "It is indeed an honor to have His Majesty... among his devoted hunters out there in the plains." "However, it is to be regretted that" "Ahmad Shah prefers music to hunting." "And to think his favorite instrument is a foreign one, piano." "Undoubtedly it is always the opera house he chooses over the hunting ground." "Specially when the singer is the Austrian princess." "Having a desire for women is indeed the heritage of kings." "But loving sweethearts and having meals only, make a child out of a man." "Good old days." "Powerful kings on horses riding after preys." "How fast they chased quick deer!" "Beautiful prey, beautiful hunter." "Beloved was the prey, lover the hunter." "And love chamber was the hunting ground that witnessed them in each other's arms." " With your permission Master." " Sit down." "Please." "Thank you." " Let me introduce Dr. Musa Feyz." " A back-from-abroad doctor." "He still looks fresh." "Thanks to the nice city of Paris." "The scents of French soap and the lemon of Shiraz... have made a fragrant creature out of our doctor." "Master, let me introduce somebody else who desperately needs your help." " Who is it?" " Esmail, the chief of granary." "Wheat always reminds me of "mouse"" "and cereals reminds me of "mice"!" "These days, it is actually the place" "Esmail Khan has settled down in." " I see." " I need your support Master." "My territory is indeed nothing compared to your empire Esmail Khan." " Dr. Feyz is a man of letters." " I see." "I am actually busy translating something." "Practicing medicine against your will!" " He has a flair for music as well." " Bravo!" "Doctor plays piano." "From the moment we arrived at this strange caravanserai in Tehran..." "I thought of an idea for a new concert." "Rising Ground." "Performance location:" "Caravanserai platform." "The main melody will be played by the piano." "It will be accompanied by the sound of camel bells, birds, donkeys and mules... chickens, goats, sheep and even the guests of the caravanserai." " People cheering." " People cheering in the city!" " The city of One Thousand and One Nights." " The city of the blind!" "Doctor, do you know anything about trachoma, blisters and piedra as well?" "Tell me about our new preys" "Moayer al-Doleh." "Actually we have been preparing a full collection for the exposition in..." "Golestan Palace." "Hopefully it will be inaugurated on Ahmad Shah's birthday... in the presence of the diplomats residing in Tehran." "One group of wild animal watches another." "Matin al-Saltaneh, is it true that you are the sponsor, the writer and the only reader of... the daily newspaper Modern Times?" "It is truly sad that people do not even buy your newspaper to throw it away." "I could recite the whole content word by word if you would like to hear it." "I shall start with the editorial." "The punch line actually confirms the act of Esmail Khan." "When he was an agent in department of finance in Sistan and Baluchestan... he signed a contract with Englishmen for selling wheat which was later known... as embezzlement, treachery and the cause of starvation, by people." "As an independent journalist I declare in Modern Times that:" "What was Esmail Khan's fault?" "He only joined hands with one of the most powerful governments." "Iran exported wheat to England and that became the press headline... all around the world." "The name of our country Iran has been mentioned... together with England, as an exporter." "Matin al-Saltaneh, at the moment" "I would like to have cold vermicelli noodles only." "Of course it is good to be proud." "But empty stomachs do not desire for self-glorification." "My father Mirza Bagher Khan was the acting minister of the criminal department." "When I ruled Kerman, your father was a servant of mine." "Without Master's help I would never be able to continue my education." "The reason I didn't pay my respects when my Master entered was that..." "I did not tend to invade his privacy." "I neither meant to act as a spy nor eavesdrop in such a gathering." "I just couldn't help hearing stuff." "And I would like to give these gentlemen an answer regarding that matter." "According to the available reports we shall have a tough future ahead." "The case of Esmail Khan will not be closed after his imminent death." "The government's plans will be all ruined once people take control of them." "Gentlemen, these problems defy solution." "When statesmen side neither the king nor the people... old men of today sarcastically call a rooster, the crowned king." "In such a demoted monarchy, peasants believe the constitutional monarch... crowed by intellectual liberals of Middle East, is nothing but a chess king." "Now the powerless king will either get fat out of sloth... or be all skin and bones out of grief." "This was the story of the king and his peasants." "And that was how our experienced governors ruled their lands... and gave orders which lead to the current chaos." "People take the king's tenderness as incompetence... and spur insecurity unintentionally." "That is when they ask for a tyrannical ruler inadvertently." "Of course after a temporary insecurity there will be security and stability." "A forced security that will be fully appreciated by all of us." "This is how things will turn out for those who do not value a democratic monarchy." "Why would a servant like me be concerned about others' security while my monthly... salary is the only thing I can delude myself with." "When gendarmes preach, we shall stop the bandits or the town gets robbed." "For now, cool yourselves down with those cold noodles." "Not a bad plaster for your sore!" "Doctor, the idea of Rising" "Ground performance was not that bad." "But we have the real concert coming off." "Symphony of silence!" "At your service Master." "You have to excuse me." "[Reciting epic poems of Shahnameh]" "Peace be upon Muhammad and his descendants." "Hello everyone." "How are you?" "You wicked fellow!" "You ruined the plain to fill Moayer al-Doleh's kitchen?" "That is not fair." "I was in the mountains." "That area is the hunting ground." "Hunting an animal there is like taking a grain of sand from a desert." "I'm not a pessimistic man Reza." "But I have never seen a hunter who has not come to grief." "The blame will be put on the one who shoots." "The prince enjoys my company when he goes hunting." "He wants me to go along with him." "I just load the guns." "These are all excuses." "Reza only loads his gun!" "The gun fires the bullets!" "And Moayer al-Doleh only aims at the targets." "And the trigger is pulled by that disabled finger of his." "So nobody is faulty." "Guess it is the deer's fault for they hit the prince's bullets." "Deer are out there to get hunted." "No doubt about it." "The thing is that Reza is not taking the blame as he is responsible." "A prince does not have what it takes to shoot a ram or a stag." "He may be able to shoot a quail but it takes a real hunter to ride after deer under the sun." "That is not the prince we know." "Moayer al-Doleh has built himself quite a reputation over this." "However, the great work is always done by Reza." "In hunting, Reza is not a patch on the prince." "You should believe that." "The kebab is eaten by Moayer al-Doleh while the neighbors are bothered by the smoke." "And here we are nattering about it with no joy." "We too still have enough teeth for" "Chewing kebab, Reza!" "All I have is yours." "But kebab is not really served in teahouses." "The meat just does not agree with tea and hookah." "It actually tastes better with drinks in a cozy place." "Delicious kebab!" "Thank you." "Eat it hot." "This place is always ready to serve" "Moayer al-Doleh when he's back from hunting." "Moayer al-Doleh cannot even hunt a cockroach." "So you finally admitted it." "Even if antelopes could be hunted by mouse traps and partridges with fly-nets..." "Moayer al-Doleh could hardly make a hunter." "He just enjoys talking about hunting." "These things have all been hunted by Reza, pal." " Kavoos?" " At your service." "Serve them some garlic before the meat gets cold." "No worries Reza." "They can even eat the skewers." "Help yourselves." "It is all on Reza." "Help yourselves." "Why don't you just say Moayer al-Doleh is good for nothing in hunting?" "That's what makes his home different from the hunting ground." "When it comes to hunting, the king enjoys and his servants hunt." "Reza!" "Ls this the meat of antelopes or deer?" "You just enjoy the free kebab!" "Here you go." "Did you hide?" "1,2, 3,4, 5, S, 7, 8,9, 10." "Hello friends." "Join us" " Take Reza some broth." " Thank you." " Some hot bread too." " Absolutely." "Anything for Reza." "Thank you." "Old bread is better be soaked in broth." " Some sheep brain too." " Sure." "Thank you." "By the grace of God, there is always enough meat and bread for people to eat." "However, they still complain about destitution and starvation." "The first time he took off his mask, he was out to buy kebab and basils." "Despite being quite well-off," "Abolfath was always considerate." "He had covered the copper tray in a piece of cloth." "I could not tell if he was ashamed of buying kebab as a married man or... he was just considerate to the hungry passer-bys." "His eyes were kind and modest, like the eyes of pregnant deer." "His look was the look of my mother taking the gun from me at the time of hunting." "When he started talking he mentioned he was not from Tehran." "He spoke Farsi with a sweet Azari accent." "He had the voice of my father when he advised his naughty kid." "He was a burning fire in disguise." "A shelling almond which does not... allow you to know if the taste is sweet or bitter unless the seed if revealed." " Have a bite." " Bon appétit." "I had a craving for the kebab in the bazaar." "You should have it in the bazaar then." "I'll take it to my shop." "There is nobody there." "My family is on a pilgrim's journey." "I am alone." "Eating cold kebab with no company!" "Come to the teahouse near here if you ever had a craving for tea as well!" "I shall see about it." "I was having fun drinking tea and smoking hookah when arrived." "I can remember his silent footsteps." "It was as if his feet had no toes or bones." "He walked on the ground like a clawless cat." "I was busy with friends when he appeared." "And on a wooden stool, he sat down." "Except for the teahouse keeper, he was noticed by no one." "They brought him tea which he didn't drink but paid for." "Back then, I had no idea about the pain in his chest and his consideration for others." "Like a turtle with a snake in its stomach," "I lied down on the teahouse bed to sleep." "Abolfath whose moves seem to be in harmony with the dancing leaves... the singing fountain of the teahouse and the jumping fish, gently sat on the bed." "Instead of deer and stags," "Abolfath persuaded Reza to point his gun... at Esmail Khan, the traitorous chief of granary... who was the cause of the future starvation." "It is a long story how he convinced me to willingly commit this assassination." "Now let me tell you how the traitor got killed." "Shoot!"