Movie: The House Is Black

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Forugh Farrokhzad
Forugh Farrokhzad

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ebrahim Golestan
Ebrahim Golestan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Hossein Mansouri
Hossein Mansouri

Self (uncredited)

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