Product Details

• Actors: Mozaffar Ghorbani Nezhad, Mohammad Bakhshinia, Alaeddin Ghassemi, Ghavameddin Ghassemi
• Directors: Naser Taghvai
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Persian (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Facets
• DVD Release Date: December 27, 2006
• Run Time: 64 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000JMK6RQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,193 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
From Nasser Taghvai (TALES OF KISH), one of the original filmmakers of the Iranian New Wave, comes his latest documentary, DRESS REHEARSAL: THE BRAVE HURR’S TA’ZIEH. This rare glimpse into Iranian culture chronicles the performance of a ta’zieh, an ancient and uniquely Iranian passion play that celebrates the glory of martyrdom for the sake of justice. Based on the life stories and fables of Islam’s prophet Mohammad, but influenced by Iranian folklore, the ta’zieh became the sole dramatic form in the world of Islam after the rise of the Shiite sect. The overall subject of any ta’zieh is the martyrdom Imam Hussein, grandson of the prophet Muhammad, in the desert of Karbala. Among the Imam’s comrades, each of whom is the subject of a specific ta’zieh, the story of the Brave Hurr assumes a singular place. Originally the enemy of the Imam, Hurr does an about-face after he meets the holy leader, and then joins forces to fight with him. Generally performed on the streets or in open venues, the ta’zieh "is the only original dramatic art of the Islamic world," proclaims director Taghvai.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dress Rehearsal: The Brave Hurr's Ta'Zieh, October 30, 2007

By	Mrs. Elizabeth J. Coates "Jessie Coates" (California, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I chose this video because I wanted to understand a part of Mulim history, but after watching it I had to go to Google to understand the history, after I did that I had to watch the video again. Only the briefest outline of the meaning of the songs is shown in the sub-titles, that disappointed me because I understand the poetry used is very beautiful. The instrumental music is strong and dramatic and some of it is familiar. There were two things I heartily enjoyed watching; one was the kind welcome given to an enemy and the other was giving a cup of water to that enemy. However I had to look away during parts of the film because I was afraid I would see a beheading acted out and didn't want to witness such a thing even on the screen, so I lost some of the action, and didn't really understand about the day long battle between the few and the many until I read the Goggle explanation. The play takes place in a beautiful building and it is shown well on the film. An incidental part of the drama is the figure of a strong woman sitting silently in the background behind her husband the director, I wanted to know so much about that woman, and she became one of the impressions I carried away from the play.