The Fateful Day (1995 film)

The Fateful Day (Persian: روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Assadi. Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."^[1]

The Fateful Day
Directed by	Shahram Assadi
Written by	Bahram Beyzai
Based on	The Fateful Day by Bahram Beyzaei
Produced by	Morteza Shayesteh
Starring	Alireza Shoja Nouri Ladan Mostofi Ezzatolah Entezami Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz Jamshid Mashayekhi Reza Fayazi Zhaleh Olov Mehdi Fat'hi Hossein Panahi
Cinematography	Maziar Partow Asghar Rafi'i Jam
Edited by	Mehdi Rajaeian
Music by	Majid Entezami
Release date	1995 (1995)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Beyzai's screenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made.^[2] The script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie.

Plot

The story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.

Cast

• Ezzatolah Entezami as Abdullah
• Alireza Shoja Nouri
• Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz
• Jamshid Mashayekhi
• Reza Fayazi
• Zhaleh Olov
• Mehdi Fat'hi
• Hossein Panahi
• Ladan Mostofi

Production

Awards

The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:^[3]

1. Best Makeup
2. Best Set Design
3. Best Musical Score
4. Best Direction of a Second Feature Film

See also

• List of Islamic films
• List of Iranian films
• Bahram Beyzai filmography