The Last Night

A fine example of the female-led melodramas of the 1950s that revived Iranian cinema after a long hiatus during WWII, The Last Night follows Monir, a happily married woman who gets blackmailed by her former lover and must rely on an actress to clear her name. There’s a striking sense of 1950s Iranian cosmopolitanism, especially when the camera leaves the studio and ventures into the streets of Tehran or the ski resorts in the north of the city.

• Release date
• January 1, 1955
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Romance
• Director
• Hossein Daneshavar

Cast

H

Hossein Daneshavar Azadeh Mino

M

Mehdi Raghabi Roya Shirin

T

Tabatabai Dr. Saeed

B

Beyk-Khan Ahmad

S

Soheila Sokhansanj Stepmother

E

Ezzatollah Vosoogh Father Mino