Zal and Simorgh

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1977

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Iran

Production

Kanoon

Director

Ali Akbar Sadeghi

Writer

Ali Akbar Sadeghi,Ebrahim Forouzesh

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1090363