El príncipe persa Dastan deberá unirse con la enigmática princesa Tamina para combatir a las fuerzas oscuras con el fin de proteger aquello que buscan con insistencia sus enemigos: la daga que libera las 'arenas del tiempo', un regalo por parte de los dioses que puede invertir el tiempo permitiendo a su poseedor gobernar el mundo como le parezca. Eso significa que una batalla perdida podría convertirse en una batalla ganada o incluso que podría usarse para predecir los movimientos del enemigo.

Antigüedad, Helenismo. Alejandro (356-323 a. C.), rey de Macedonia, comenzó a reinar a los veinte años. Se apoderó primero de Grecia y, después de conquistar el inmenso Imperio Persa, siguió avanzando hacia la India. Fue un gran estratega que nunca perdió una batalla, un visionario cuyos sueños, hazañas y destino dejaron huella en la Historia. Cuando murió, a los 33 años, había forjado un imperio sin precedentes en la historia. Los personajes más influyentes de su vida fueron: Filippo, su padre; Olimpia, su madre; Hefestión, su gran amigo; Roxana, su ambiciosa mujer, y el general Ptolomeo, confidente y leal compañero de armas.

Ambientada en el siglo XI en Inglaterra, narra la historia de Rob Cole, un joven que se queda huérfano, tras morir su madre por una extraña enfermedad. Decidido a convertirse en médico por la tragedia sufrida, el joven decide ir a Persia a estudiar medicina a las órdenes del sabio doctor Ibn Sina.

Basada en la historia real de Robert Baer (George Clooney), un agente de la CIA que se pasó toda su vida trabajando para la Agencia en Oriente Medio e investigando casos de terrorismo. Por su experiencia en Beirut en los turbulentos años ochenta, lo envían allí para realizar una compleja misión en la que están implicadas dos empresas petrolíferas americanas a punto de fusionarse, una investigación de la agencia federal estadounidense y un analista (Matt Damon) del sector de la energía con sede en Suiza.

When Ester becomes King Xerxes’ queen, her Cousin Mordecai and that despicable Haman engage in a dangerous game of intrigue for control of the young Persian King Xerxes.

In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.

Basada en una historia real. En 1984, el marido de Betty se llevó a su esposa y a su hija a Irán para que conocieran a su familia, de religión musulmana. Les prometió que estarían a salvo, que serían felices y que serían libres de regresar a los Estados Unidos cuando quisieran.

Una crónica de la vida de Gertrude Bell, un viajero, escritor, arqueólogo, explorador, cartógrafo y agregado político del Imperio Británico en los albores del siglo XX.

This amazing biblical drama chronicles the brave and historic legend of Hadassah, a Jewish orphan with exceptional beauty who rises to become Queen Esther of Persia and saves Persian Jews from genocide. By revealing her heritage to the king, Esther thwarts the evil prime minister's plan to annihilate all Jews in the Persian Empire. The annual festival of Purim is inspired by her heroism.

El rey de los persas, aquellos cuyo imperio se extiende desde la India hasta Egipto, está celebrando un banquete por los ciudadanos de Susa. Cuando su mujer, la reina Vashti (Ornella Muti, 'Flash Gordon', 'Una pareja perfecta') no acude a la celebración para mostrarles a todos su belleza, el rey ya no la quiere más a su lado y pronto le prohibirá la entrada a cualquier acto importante. Debido a que el rey ya no tiene esposa, da órdenes a todas las bellas vírgenes de la ciudad para que acudan a palacio y allí él decidirá quién será la próxima reina de los persas. La joven judía Esther (Louise Lombard, 'Océanos de fuego', 'La sombra del faraón'), adoptada por su tío Mordecai, está entre las elegidas. Ella será quien pase la noche con el rey. Él encantado por su belleza la hará reina. Así será como una serie de disputas, en las que entra la religión y la política, harán que la vida de Esther sea mucho más difícil que de como la conocía.

In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Caliph into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din, a rival prince known far and wide as mean and fickle. Her father intends for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him.

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.

A Jewish woman, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people.

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

Les Perses (The Persians) is a French TV movie adaptation of Aeschylus' oldest known tragedy, Πέρσαι (Persai). It was originally broadcasted in October 31, 1961. The play deals with the aftermath of the Persian defeat in the battle of Salamis (480 BC), which makes it the only Greek tragedy that deals with a real historical event.

Omid happily celebrates his birthday with his wife and her family at a beautiful villa near the Caspian Sea. A phone call from Omid's ex-wife puts the festivities on hold as she drops a bombshell that threatens to unravel the new life he is trying to lead. Written by Iranian playwright Mohammad Yaghoubi, this insightful drama tackles marital and social issues with sharp dialogue and knowing humour.