Ghost

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Ghost

1998

1h 30m

10.0(1 votes)

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Ghost (Persian: شبح‎‎) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

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Bahar Karimzadeh

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Amir Mandavi

Amir

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Rahim Fallah

Rahim

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Karim Nobakht

Karim

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Mohammad Baghban

Mohammad

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Vahid Azadi

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Karim Novin

Karim

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