Doubt (2009 film)

2009 Iranian film

Doubt

The theatrical poster

Directed by| Varuzh Karim Masihi
Screenplay by| Varuzh Karim Masihi
Based on| Hamlet
by Shakespeare
Produced by| Saeed Sa'di
Starring| Bahram Radan
Taraneh Alidoosti
Hamed Komeili
Alireza Shoja Noori
Mahtab Keramati
Kaveh Kavian
Cinematography| Bahram Badakshani
Edited by| Varuzh Karim-Masihi
Music by| Ali Samadpoor

Release date

* 6 February 2009 (2009-02-06) (FIFF)

Country| Iran
Language| Persian

Doubt[1] (Persian: تردید, romanized: Tardid) is a 2009 Iranian Crystal Simorgh-winning film directed by Varuzh Karim Masihi. It is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Made after 17 years, Tardid is Karim Masihi's second feature film after Parde-ye Akhar (The Last Act).

## Plot

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Siavash Roozbehan is a young man and he has lost his father after his mysterious suicide. His uncle is managing his father's wealth. He is in love with his cousin Mahtab whose father is his uncle's councilor. Siavash gradually realizes that his uncle is going to marry his mother. After some days he also sees a lot of similarities between his own life and of Shakespeare's Hamlet. He goes to Garo, his best friend, and they try to change the end of the tragic story.[2]

## Cast

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* Note: Because most of main characters in the film have a reference in Hamlet play the names in the parentheses are given for a better understanding of the film plot and are the external reference to Hamlet characters.
* Bahram Radan as Siavash Roozbehan - Hamlet
* Taraneh Alidoosti as Mahtab - Ophelia
* Alireza Shoja Noori as Siavash's uncle - Claudius
* Hamed Komeili as Garo - Horatio
* Mahtab Keramati as Varjavand
* Mohammad Moti' as Anvari - Polonius
* Atash Garakani as Mah Tal'at - Gertrude
* Anoushirvan Arjmand as Khalife
* Farrokh Nemati as Inspector
* Mahmood Pakniat as Uncle Matin
* Kaveh Kavian as Samsami
* Omid Roohani as Dr. Bonyadi

## Awards

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* Crystal Simorgh for Best Film in 27th Fajr International Film Festival
* Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay in 27th Fajr International Film Festival

## References

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1. ^ "Doubt". Chronicle of Iranian Cinema. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
2. ^ "Iranian Movie DataBase خلاصه داستان فيلم ترديد". Sourehcinema.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

## External links

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* Doubt at IMDb

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William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Characters|

* Hamlet
* Claudius
* Gertrude
* Ghost
* Polonius
* Laertes
* Ophelia
* Horatio
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
* Fortinbras
* The Gravediggers
* Yorick

Soliloquies|

* "To be, or not to be"
* "Mortal coil"
* "What a piece of work is a man"
* "Speak the speech"

Words and phrases|

* "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
* "Thy name is"

Terminology|

* Dumbshow
* Induction
* Quiddity
* Substitution

* Sources
* Criticism

* Legend of Hamlet
* The Spanish Tragedy
* Ur-Hamlet
* Critical approaches
* Bibliographies
* Saxo Grammaticus
* House of Gonzaga
* Damon and Pythias

Influence|

* Common phrases from Hamlet
* Cultural references to Hamlet
* Cultural references to Ophelia
* Language of flowers
* Human skull symbolism

Performances|

* Moscow Art Theatre (1911–1912)
* Richard Burton (1964)

On screen|

* 1900
* 1907
* 1908
* 1912
* 1913
* 1917
* 1921
* 1935
* 1948
* 1954
* 1961
* 1964
* 1969
* 1974
* 1990
* 1996
* 2000
* 2011
* upcoming film

Adaptations|

| Films|

* The Rest Is Silence (1959)
* The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
* Ophelia (1963)
* Johnny Hamlet (1968)
* One Hamlet Less (1973)
* The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977)
* Strange Brew (1983)
* Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
* The Banquet (2006)
* Doubt (2009)
* Karmayogi (2012)
* Haider (2014)
* Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)
* Hemanta (2016)
* Ophelia (2018)
* The Lion King (2019)

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Novels|

* Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940)
* Too, Too Solid Flesh (1989)
* Gertrude and Claudius (2000)
* Dating Hamlet (2002)
* The Dead Fathers Club (2006)
* Something Rotten (2007)
* Hamlet's Father (2008)
* The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)

Plays|

* Hamletmachine (1977)
* Dogg's Hamlet (1979)
* Fortinbras (1991)

Musicals|

* Rockabye Hamlet (1973)

Television|

* Hamlet (Australian TV, 1959)
* Hamlet at Elsinore (BBC, 1964)
* Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (BBC, 1980)
* Hamlet (BBC 2, animated, 1992)
* Hamlet (BBC 2, 2009)

Parodies|

* 15-Minute Hamlet
* The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
* I, Hamlet
* The Klingon Hamlet
* "Lyle the Kindly Viking"
* To Be or Not to Be: That is the Adventure
* "Tales from the Public Domain"
* The Skinhead Hamlet

Songs|

* "My Robin is to the greenwood gone" (16th century)
* "Pull Me Under" (1992)
* "Song for Athene" (1997)

Opera/classical|

* Hamlet (Thomas)
* Amleto (Faccio)
* Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
* Tristia (Berlioz)
* Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)
* Hamlet (Dean)

In popular culture|

| Films|

* To Be or Not to Be (1942)
* A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja (1973)
* To Be or Not to Be (1983)
* Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
* Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
* Last Action Hero (1993)
* Renaissance Man (1994)
* In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
* War (2002)
* Hamlet 2 (2008)
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)
* Three Days (of Hamlet) (2012)
* Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)

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Plays|

* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)
* Stage Blood (1974)
* I Hate Hamlet (1991)
* To Be or Not to Be (2008)

Novels|

* Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
* Theatre of War (1994)
* "The Undiscovered" (1997)
* The Shakespeare Stealer (1998)
* Interred with Their Bones (2007)
* Hamnet (2020)

Television|

* "The Producer" (1966)
* "The Conscience of the King" (1966)
* "Born to Be King" (1983)
* "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" (2001)
* Slings & Arrows (2003)

Video games|

* Last Action Hero (1993)
* Hamlet (2010)
* Elsinore (2019)

Books|

* Asterix and the Great Crossing
* The Seagull
* Sharpe's Havoc

Art|

* Ophelia (Millais)
* Ophelia (Cabanel)
* Affe mit Schädel
* Ophelia (Waterhouse)
* Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski
* The River Bank (Ophelia)

Related|

* Hamlet and Oedipus
* Hamlet and His Problems
* Hebenon
* Hamlet Q1
* Ostalo je ćutanje
* The Chronicles of Amber
* "Symphony No. 65" (Haydn)
* The Hobart Shakespeareans
* Gertrude – The Cry
* Poor Murderer
* Something Rotten!
* Sons of Anarchy

* v
* t
* e

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film

* Not awarded (1983)
* No winner (1984)
* The Scarecrow (1985)
* No absolute winner: Frosty Roads / The Grandfather / The Finish Line / The Bus (1986)
* The Flight in the Night (1987)
* No winner (1988)
* Eye of the Hurricane (1989)
* The Immigrant (1990)
* Apartment No.13 (1991)
* The Need (1992)
* From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)
* No winner (1994)
* The Fateful Day (1995)
* Father (1996)
* Children of Heaven (1997)
* The Glass Agency (1998)
* Heeva (1999)
* Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000)
* Baran (2001)
* A House Built on Water (2002)
* The Insane Flew Away (2003)
* Mum's Guest (2004)
* So Close, So Far (2005)
* In the Name of the Father (2006)
* The Third Day (2007)
* As Simple as That (2008)
* Doubt (2009)
* In Amethyst Color (2010)
* Crime (2011)
* No winner (2012)
* Give Back (2013)
* Hussein Who Said No / Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others (2014)
* Crazy Rook (2015)
* Standing in the Dust (2016)
* Midday Adventures (2017)
* The Lost Strait (2018)
* When the Moon Was Full (2019)
* Sun Children (2020)
* Yadoo (2021)
* The Situation of Mehdi (2022)
* Metropol Cinema (2023)
* Majnoon (2024)

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