Movie

Zal and Simorgh

زال و سیمرغ

Zal o Simorgh is an epic from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Zal is an albino new-born child. Sam as his father (The King) who has never seen an albino child, gets worried and his fear of gossip of people flares his anger and he orders that the new-born be left under the Alborz Mountain. Simorgh the mythical bird finds the naked and hungry baby and takes little Zal to its nest and looks after him until one day...

Screenplay

Ebrahim Forouzesh

Director

Ali Akbar Sadeghi

Screenplay

Ali Akbar Sadeghi

Status

Released

Release date

01/01/1977

Original language

Persian