Magic
A Lost Persian Film. The young man saves a rich girl from drowning at sea, and this incident leads to an acquaintance and then a mutual love. The girl hires the young man as her steward. The girl's stepmother falls in love with the young man, but the young man pays no attention to her. To attract her attention, the stepmother resorts to magic and gives her a potion that causes madness. The young man escapes and the girl pursues her. A storm breaks out, so severe that the house catches fire and the stepmother is also burned in it. The young man falls from the mountain and, due to a blow to the head, regains his senses, finds his daughter, and from then on they begin a peaceful life together.
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Salar Eshghi Director · Ebrahim Beyk-Khan Director
First release October 18, 1955 · Produced in Iran · Original title جادو
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Iran
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Original title
جادو
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · October 18, 1955
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