Escaping from the castle
- Logline
- It recounts the escape of the Tudeh Party leaders, the first and most powerful Communist party in Iran, from Qasr Prison. This was the most significant prison break in Iran's political history, executed with a complex plan in the autumn of 1950.
- Talent
- Delaram Shemirani
- Role of participant
- Editor, Film Archivist
- Director
- Ehsan Emadi
- Producer
- Hesam Eslami
- Screenwriter
- Ehsan Emadi
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2022
- Running time
- 90 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of Production
- Iran, Islamic Republic Of
- Production Company
- DEFC
Festivals and Awards
This documentary has never been released due to its sensitive political content. It was the first to expose the mass execution of communist groups in Iran in 1988, ordered by Ibrahim Raisi. Produced during his presidency, the film was banned. The film was confiscated and regrettably never screened. As an editor and archivist, I consider this film one of my most significant experiences, despite its unfortunate fate of remaining unseen.