20 Facts About Abdolhossein Sepanta

Abdolhossein Sepanta was an Iranian film director and producer.

Abdolhossein Sepanta made the earliest sound films in the Persian language.

Abdolhossein Sepanta was a writer and journalist and promoter of liberal politics.

Abdolhossein Sepanta was born in the Vagonkhaneh Avenue area in Tehran in 1907.

Abdolhossein Sepanta found a keen interest in ancient Persian history and literature.

Abdolhossein Sepanta soon returned to India again with plans for a lengthier stay.

Abdolhossein Sepanta continued to study ancient Iranian culture and literature.

In 1931, with an acquaintance Ardeshir Irani, a parsi from the local community, Abdolhossein Sepanta began production of the Lor Girl at the Imperial Film Co.

Abdolhossein Sepanta wrote the entire script and played the leading male role as well.

Abdolhossein Sepanta was director, screenwriter, and many times, the lead role of his films.

Abdolhossein Sepanta was a man of letters and a prominent scholar in pre-Islamic Persian literature, therefore his films were extremely national and historical, a trend which prevailed in other artistic and literary circles at the time and was the outcome of the suppressed but restless social and cultural situation in the society.

Abdolhossein Sepanta directed his fourth film, The Black Eyes, and screened it in Tehran for four weeks.

Between 1930 and 1936 the Iranian film industry was shut down, and Abdolhossein Sepanta continued his activities alone, and produced his films and kept the market live and busy.

For some reason, in 1935, Abdolhossein Sepanta packed his things and left Bombay for Calcutta to seek out opportunities in the Bengali cinema.

Abdolhossein Sepanta even had difficulty getting permission to screen his film, and in the end the movie theater owners forced him to turn over the film to them almost for nothing.

Between 1934 and 1954, not a single film was produced in Iran and when filmmaking activity was resumed, Abdolhossein Sepanta was living in seclusion in Esfahan.

Abdolhossein Sepanta had difficulty to continuing publishing his magazine because of his ideology and political thought, which holds liberty as the primary political value and seeking a society characterized by freedom of thought on the authority of government.

Finally after 30 years Abdolhossein Sepanta took up filmmaking again but not as a professional.

Abdolhussein Abdolhossein Sepanta has played a fundamental role in the formation and growth of the Iranian movies, who has been known as the father of Iranian sound films in Iran.

Abdolhossein Sepanta died in Esfahan of a heart attack on 28 March 1969.