| The Fateful Day | |
| Director: | Shahram Assadi |
| Producer: | Morteza Shayesteh |
| Based On: | The Fateful Day byBahram Beyzaei |
| Starring: | |
| Music: | Majid Entezami |
| Cinematography: | Maziar PartowAsghar Rafi'i Jam |
| Editing: | Mehdi Rajaeian |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
The Fateful Day (fa|روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Assadi. Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."[1]
Beyzai's screenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made.[2] The script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie.
The story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.
The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:[3]