Shahid
5.9
“Women. Life. Freedom.”
Iranian filmmaker Narges Kalhor is forced to confront her family legacy and German bureaucracy when she seeks to remove an overly symbolic word from her name.
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Cast
15 people
Baharak Abdolifard
Narges
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Nima Nazarinia
Great-grandfather
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Thomas Sprekelsen
Psychotherapist Stefan Ribbentrop
Also in
Bloß nicht Liebe
I Understand Your Displeasure
Lilli Pongratz
Sound Recorder
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Saleh Rozati
Pardeh Khani
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Happyland
Nina Wesemann
Mullah #1
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Zuki Ringart
Mullah #2
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Alon Bracha
Mullah #3
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Carine Huber
KVR Official
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Der eingebildete Kranke
A Case For Two
Armin Makumbo
Street Sweeper
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Chantal in Fairyland
Thomas Hupfer
Mailman
Boffi Freundlinger
Mr. Müller
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Narges Kalhor Director · Aydin Alinejadsomeeh Screenplay Marja Burchard Composer
Budget $543K · First release February 16, 2024 · Produced in Germany
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Budget
$543,000
Production
Michael Kalb Filmproduktion
Production
ZDF
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Hebrew · Persian
Release dates
Germany · February 16, 2024
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · August 1, 2024
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
May 17, 2025 · Premiere · Diaspora Film Festival
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