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Original language(s)
  
PersianFrenchGerman

Final episode date
  
November 2007

Number of episodes
  
30

8.1/10
IMDb

Music by
  
First episode date
  
23 April 2007

Number of seasons
  
1

Program creator
  

Starring
  
Shahab HosseiniNathalie MattiRoya TeymourianMasoud RayeganPierre DagherLaya ZanganehIraj RadAteneh Faghih NasiriPayam DehkordiRahim NorooziFarrokh NematiEsmail ShangalehFadi EdwardHasmiq TaschgianAhmad SaatchianAli Ghorban ZadehKiumars MalekmoteiGyula MesterházyÁlmos Szalay

Ending theme
  
When I Fell in Love (Vaghti Ke Man Ashegh Shodam)

Country of origin
  
Main characters
  
Habib Parsa, Zinat-ol-muluk, Saideh Parsa

Similar
  
Someone Wanna Talk To Y, Swan Song, The Tear of the Cold, Shabhaye Tehran, The Fifth Reaction

Zero Degree Turn or Zero Degree Latitude (Persian: مدار صفر درجه‎‎ Madâr-e sefr darajeh) is a 2007 television series, made through the cooperation of Iran, Hungary, France, and Lebanon. The program was one of the most expensive and elaborate ever produced by Iran and attracted a large audience there. It is inspired by a real-life story about Iranian diplomat Abdol Hossein Sardari, who saved Jews in 1940s Paris during the Nazi Occupation by giving out Iranian passports and allowing them refuge in the Iranian Embassy. Although it has been noted that neither character names nor the story are close to Sardari's story.

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Plot

Set in the time of the Second World War, Madare Sefr Darajeh follows the life of an Iranian student named Habib Parsa (Shahab Hosseini) who travels to Paris to study. There Habib meets a French Jewish woman named Sara Astrok, a student at the same university. At first antagonistic toward one another, Habib and Sarah eventually fall in love. They run into many problems, including persecution by the Nazis and by Sarah's Zionist uncle, but are united in the end.

Cast

  • Shahab Hosseini - Habib Parsa
  • Nathalie Matti - Sara Astrok
  • Roya Taymourian - Asieh
  • Masoud Rayegan - Mohammadhoseyn Parsa
  • Pierre Dagher - Behruz fattahi
  • Opinions

    The government financed film has been widely cited as an effort by the government to demonstrate its positions in regards to the difference between Jews and Zionists, encompassing sympathy for the Jewish people (including an orthodox view of the Holocaust) while remaining hostile to Zionism.

    The director of the series, Hassan Fathi, said about it, "I decided to produce this series in 2002, and in those days the Holocaust was not an issue. Even if one single Jew is killed in German camps, the world should be ashamed. By the same token, if a single Palestinian dies, the world should be ashamed. I sympathize with the Jewish victims of World War II, to the same extent with women and children victims of the war in Palestine."

    The TV series won the praise and support of Iran's Jewish Association, an independent body that safeguards the community's culture and heritage. The association has criticized Mr. Ahmadinejad's comments about the Holocaust but has praised Mr. Fatthi's show.

    DVD release

    The series was retitled Zero Point Orbit for its 2007 release by Bita Film, Tarzana, California. The Persian title is unchanged. The DVDs include neither English nor Persian subtitles.

    English dub

    The series has an English dub that was recorded in Hong Kong by Red Angel Media.

    References

    Zero Degree Turn Wikipedia


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