Sohrab Shahid-Saless

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Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless (Persian: سهراب شهید ثالث; June 28, 1944 in Tehran, Iran – July 2, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was an Iranian film director and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema in the 20th century. After 1976 he worked in the cinema of Germany and was an important component of the film diaspora working in the German industry…. more

Sohrab Shaheed Salles was born in Tehran in 1944 to a middle-class family and lived in Tehran. Shahid Saless was a storyteller as a child, with a passion for visualizing his narrations …more

Man könnte Sohrab Shahid Saless einen Weltbürger des Kinos nennen: Der 1944 geborene Iraner studierte in den 1960er Jahren in Wien und Paris, drehte anschließend … more

In the face of political pressure at home, Iranian director Sohrab Shahid Saless moved to Germany in the mid-seventies to continue his filmmaking career there. Yet despite critical acclaim and festival recognition… more

An Iranian immigrant struggling to integrate into 1970s German society, the filmmaker Sohrab Shahid Saless (1944–98) has become a neglected figure in discussions … more

Made in Germany in 1976, the film, also known as “Time of Maturity” or by its German title “Reifezeit,” is a precisely observed, black-and-white drama of everyday life in Berlin’s working-class district of Wedding, ISNA reported… more

A Simple Event has no plot. It is only a report on the daily life of a boy…. more

In this overview all screenings of Sohrab Shahid Saless’ films taking place worldwide are listed and continuously updated. In addition, the version of the film material is marked… more