The Sleeping Lion
6.3
“Shir-e-Khofteh”
The actions of the Russian and British embassies and the security forces of the central forces have made the people miserable. Mahmoud Khan, who is the secretary of the British Embassy, resigns from his job in the British Embassy and joins the people and incites them against the British and the Central Powers ...
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Cast
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Ezzatollah Entezami
Mahmoud Khan
Known for
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Manouchehr Farid
Davoud Khan
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Homayoun Ashkan
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Teshne-ha
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Ivan Desny
Major Jackson
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World on a Wire
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Maryam
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Gila von Weitershausen
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Mohsen Mahdavi
Undersecretary
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Farrokh Sajedi
Abu-Torab Khan
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Jahangir Samimifar
Daash Gholam
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Ali Akbar Mahdavifar
Agha Haj Hossein
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Nematollah Gorji
Reza Beyk
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Manouchehr Hamedi
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Mahmoud Kushan Director · Esmail Koushan Writer Jamshid Sedaghat Nejad Writer
First release March 2, 1977 · Produced in Germany, Iran · Production Inter Allianz Film
Production
Pars Film
Production
Inter Allianz Film
Production
Germany · Iran
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Original title
شیر خفته
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · March 2, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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