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A list of earliest films produced in Iran ordered by year of release before 1960. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see Category:Iranian films
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| List of Iranian films |
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A list of earliest films produced in Iran ordered by year of release before 1960. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see Category:Iranian films
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| Abi and Rabi | Ovanes Ohanian | Silent, comedy | First Iranian silent movie | |||
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| Lor Girl | Ardeshir Irani | Abdolhossein Sepanta, Roohangiz Sami-Nezhad | The first talkie film in Persian | |||
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| Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor | Ovanes Ohanian | Silent, comedy | Second Iranian silent movie | |||
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| Leyli va Majnun | Abdolhossein Sepanta | Abdolhossein Sepanta | ||||
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| A Party in Hell | Samuel Khachikian, Mushegh Sarvarian | Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
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| Broken Spell | Siamak Yasemi | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
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