''Dash Akol'' () is a 1971

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

ian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Masoud Kimiai Masoud Kimiai or Masoud Kimiaei, (, ) (born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Without any academic training in cinema or theater, and with only a few years of experience as assistant director, Kimiai ...

. It was adopted from a short story of the same name written by

Sadegh Hedayat Sadegh Hedayat (, ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian writer, translator, satirist, and poet. Best known for his novel ''The Blind Owl'', he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in ...

in his short story collection '' Three Drops of Blood''.

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Behrouz Vossoughi Khalil Vossoughi (; born 11 March 1937) known professionally as Behrouz Vossoughi (), is an Iranian actor. He has also worked in television, radio and theatre. His work has earned him recognition at several international film festivals, including ...

as Dash Akol *

Mary Apick Mary Apick (; born in Tehran) is an Iranian-born stage, television and film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1977 film '' Dead End''. She is of Iranian-Armenian ethni ...

as Marjan * Bahman Mofid as Kaka Rostam *

Jahangir Forouhar Jahangir Forouhar (; May 24, 1916 – November 6, 1997) was an Iranian actor. Biography Forouhar was born in 1916 in the city of Isfahan. His father was Mustafa Khan Davam al-Saltanah. His grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Ghavam al-Dawl ...

as Dash Akol's friend * Manuchehr Ahmadi as Chelingar * Mansoor Matin as Haj Samad * Ebrahim Naderi as Kaka Rostam's friend * Jalal Pishvaian as Kaka Rostam's friend * Shahrzad *

Zhaleh Olov Zhaleh Olov (; 6 August 1927 – 23 December 2024) was an Iranian actress, dubber and poet. Life and career Olov was born on 6 August 1927. She started her career working in radio and cinema in 1948 and an actress in theater in 1949. She m ...

* Kan'an Kiani

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* 1971 films Films directed by Masoud Kimiai 1970s Persian-language films 1971 drama films Films based on works by Sadegh Hedayat Films about children Films based on short fiction 1970s coming-of-age drama films Films about child sexual abuse Iranian drama films Films scored by Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh {{1970s-drama-film-stub