Death of Yazdgerd

IMDb 7.8 1982 • 113 min • HistoryDrama

Director

Bahram Beyzai

Country

IR

Plot Summary

Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.

Top Cast

Susan Taslimi
Susan Taslimi The Miller's Wife
Mehdi Hashemi
Mehdi Hashemi The Miller
Mahmoud Behrouzian
Mahmoud Behrouzian The Priest
Amin Tarokh
Amin Tarokh The General
Karim Akbari Mobarakeh
Karim Akbari Mobarakeh The Army Chief