Director: Kamal Tabrizi
Cast: Arash Majidi, Hossein Mahjoub, Niki Karimi, Golchehreh Sajjadie, Saeid Rad
Sarzamine Madari is a 2013 Iranian historical drama series directed by Kamal Tabrizi, tracing Iran's social and political transformations across several pivotal decades through the eyes of one young man whose life intersects with each era's defining forces.
What is Sarzamine Madari Khizeshe Daastane Sasanian about?
The series centers on a boy named Rehi, whose childhood is shattered when allied forces bomb his village during the early 1940s. Pulled from the rubble, he eventually makes his way to Tehran after brief recuperation with his mother. Over the years, Rehi passes through very different households — first a family tied to the Tudeh movement, then a courtly aristocratic circle, and later a devout religious family — each environment reshaping his sense of self. Through these shifting loyalties and surroundings, he gradually pieces together his own identity amid a country undergoing profound upheaval. The series spans from 1941 through the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and is structured across three seasons.
Cast & crew
Director Kamal Tabrizi brings a measured, character-driven approach to the production. The ensemble includes Arash Majidi, Hossein Mahjoub, and Niki Karimi alongside Golchehreh Sajjadie, Saeid Rad, Parivash Nazarieh, Babak Hamidian, and Leila Zare. Ali Shadman portrays the younger Rehi during the childhood sequences that anchor the first season.
Context & significance
For Iranians living abroad, Sarzamine Madari offers a portrait of the country their parents and grandparents navigated — the Allied occupation, the currents of nationalism, left-wing ideology, courtly politics, and religious tradition that all competed for the hearts of ordinary Iranians. The series presents this long arc not through broad political pronouncements but through the experience of one child who belongs, at different moments, to almost every corner of Iranian society. Watching it is a way of understanding how those decades felt from the inside, generation to generation.
Where & how to watch
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