Holy Spider

Synopsis

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Rahimi

Mehdi Bajestani

Saeed

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Arash Ashtiani

Sharifi

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fatima

Sina Parvaneh

Rostami

Nima Akbarpour

Judge

Sara Fazilat

Zinab

Alice Rahimi

Somayeh

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Ali Nazarian

Lawyer

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Sima Seyed

Saeed's Mother

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Firouz Ageli

Hagi

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Farhad Faghih Habibi

Prosecutor

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Mesbah Taleb

Ali

Ariane Naziri

Soghra

Majd Eid

Photographer

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Sohaib Qishta

Gholam

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Maryam Taleb

Khadijeh

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Salma Alabed

Zahra

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Diana Al Hussen

Somayeh's Daughter

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Soraya Helly

Zari Khanum

Crew

Art

• Lina Nordqvist Set Designer
• Lina Nordqvist Production Design
• Anas Balawi Art Direction
• Jamal Odeh Property Master
• Abdol Hamid Assistant Property Master
• Taha Al Radaideh Set Dresser
• Ibrahim Gaisi Set Dresser
• Abdullah Rahhal Property Buyer
• Mahmoud Hamzawi Swing
• Hisham Tayem Swing
• Mahdi Jahangir Graphic Designer
• John Rang-Schmidt Assistant Production Design

Camera

• Axel Stock Assistant Camera
• Nadim Carlsen Director of Photography
• Axel Stock First Assistant Camera
• Zaid Kanaan Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Hanadi Khurma Costume Design

Crew

• René Lay Stunt Coordinator
• Simone Lund-Jensen Production Controller
• Yousef Mahasneh Scenic Artist
• Senan Khatib Drone Operator

Directing

• Tarik Afifi First Assistant Director
• Ali Abbasi Director
• Azza Hourani Second Assistant Director
• Ahmad Khomakho Third Assistant Director
• Farah Al-Majali Third Assistant Director

Editing

• Olivia Neergaard-Holm Editor

Production

• Mathias Schwerbrock Line Producer
• Anna Warfvinge Producer's Assistant
• Ditte Milsted Executive Producer
• Birsin Colakoglu Line Producer
• Eva Åkergren Co-Producer
• Tareq Shuqom Assistant Production Manager
• Daniela Ramin Line Producer
• Christina Jæger Post Producer
• Sol Bondy Producer
• Jacob Jarek Producer
• Zar Amir Ebrahimi Associate Producer
• Zar Amir Ebrahimi Casting Director

Sound

• Rasmus Winther Jensen Sound Editor
• Julien Naudin Foley Artist
• Gregor Bonse Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Payam Hosseinian ADR Editor
• Patrick Ghislain Foley Mixer
• Alexander Wunsch Sound Re-Recording Assistant
• Georg Hackenberg Production Sound Mixer
• Peter Niemeyer Boom Operator
• Martin Dirkov Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Mohannad Khamrah VFX Supervisor

Writing

• Afshin Kamran Bahrami Writer
• Ali Abbasi Writer
• Jonas Wagner Story Supervisor
• Sune Elskær Storyboard

Photos