Towards the end of the Shahanshah's reign, Sergeant Makvandi is assigned the commander of the gendarmerie station in a small town. A stern disciplinarian, Sergeant Makvandi tries to impose order at the station but, being as degenerate as his subordinates, he fails to re-store discipline. faced by rebellious crowds, he imposes martial law, but people outwit him by mailing to his address a forged letter which "promotes the sergeant and ends the curfew". Makvandi tries to intimidate a school teacher into writing a song which he wants the students to sing on the day his "promotion" comes into effect. But the teacher refuses to give in, for he and his students are preparing to sing a new song, the song of revolution.
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Akbar Abdi
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Hossein Sarshar
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Naser Taghvai
Mohamad Ali Soltanzadeh
Nasser Taghvai
Sorayya Hekmat
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Gholamhossein Naghshineh
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Mohammadreza Jadidbakht
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Hossein Darbar
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Mohammad Varshochi
Corporal Keshvari
Nasser Taghvai Director
First release October 25, 1990 · Produced in Iran
Production
Pakhshiran
Production
Iran
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Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · October 25, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
France
November 1, 2000 · Nantes Three Continents Festival
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