Qeysar (Gheysar)

Qeysar (Persian: قیصر; also spelled Gheisar or Kaiser) is a 1969 Iranian film written and directed by Masoud Kimiai, produced by Abbas Shabaviz at Ariana Film studio, with title design by Abbas Kiarostami. Behrooz Vossoughi starred as the eponymous hero, a role that made him a legendary figure in Iranian cinema.

Regarded as a landmark in Iranian cinema, the film played a major part in creating the Iranian New Wave and launched a new trend of brooding noir dramas in which outraged family honor is avenged. It was the top-grossing Iranian film of its year, and cleric Sadegh Khalkhali stated in 1980 that it should no longer be shown after the Iranian Revolution. The film was remade in Turkish as Alın Yazısı (1972), starring Cüneyt Arkın.