Jafar-Khan Has Returned from Abroad 1988

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Jafar-Khan who has returned Iran after years of studying abroad, is so unfamiliar with how things are in his country that he makes others mad and has to go back. Frustrated as he is, he puts his hope in his grandson.

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Clara Dokhani Clara Dokhani
Golnoush Entezami Golnoush Entezami
Ezzatollah Entezami Ezzatollah Entezami
Jahangir Forouhar Jahangir Forouhar
Mansooreh Jahan Shahi Mansooreh Jahan Shahi
Mohammadali Keshavarz Mohammadali Keshavarz
Mehdi Memizan Mehdi Memizan
Mohammadali Miandar Mohammadali Miandar
Sarvar Nejatollahi Sarvar Nejatollahi
Iraj Rad Iraj Rad
Arham Sadr Arham Sadr
Mehdi Gholi Safapour Mehdi Gholi Safapour
Hossein Sarshar Hossein Sarshar
Persian Title:

جعفرخان از فرنگ برگشته

English Title:

Jafar-Khan Has Returned from Abroad

Persian Title in English:

Jafar Khan az Farang Bargashte

Director(s):

Ali Hatami, Mohammad Motevaselani,

Writer(s):

Cast:

Clara Dokhani, Ezzatollah Entezami, Golnoush Entezami, Jahangir Forouhar, Mansooreh Jahan Shahi,

Genres:

Comedy, Family,

Related Date:

1988

Run Time:

1h28'

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