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Duel
Duel

Duel

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War

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The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Runtime

133 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

06 July 2004

Country

Iran

Cast

Saeed Rad

Saeed Rad

Eskandar

Pejman Bazeghi

Pejman Bazeghi

Zeynal

Parivash Nazarieh

Parivash Nazarieh

Salimeh

Kambiz Dirbaz

Kambiz Dirbaz

Yahya

Anoshirvan Arjmand

Anoshirvan Arjmand

Latif

Parviz Parastouei

Parviz Parastouei

Yusef

Hedie Tehrani

Hedie Tehrani

Hanieh

Hosein Tooshe

Hosein Tooshe

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