Who was born first, Daryush Shokof or Jonathan Lynn?
Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn (born 3 April 1943) is an English stage and film director, producer, writer and actor.
 He directed comedy films such as "Nuns on the Run", "My Cousin Vinny", and "The Fighting Temptations" and earlier co-created and co-wrote the TV series "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister".
Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.
Seven Servants
Seven Servants is a 1996 German comedy-drama film directed by Daryush Shokof and written by Daryush Shokof and Juliane Schulze.
 The film is about a man named Archie, portrayed by Anthony Quinn, who wishes to unite and "connect" the races until his last breath. Venussian Tabutasco
Venussian Tabutasco Is a 2004 experimental film produced, written and directed by Daryush Shokof.
 The title is made up by Shokof, similar to many other titles of works.
 It is an original conceptual film about the residents of different stories in a building viewed completely through a glass elevator.
 Shot on location in Berlin, Germany in 2004, the film is 60 minutes long and was initially supposed to be shot "uncut" and digitally.
 The music score for the film is composed by Tom Dokoupil.
 The film was screened in BAPFF film festival in Berlin, Germany, in 2005 and at the New York International Independent Film Festival on March 4, 2007 A2Z
A2Z is a 2006 USA-German action film by Daryush Shokof.
 The film is shot entirely in Berlin, Germany in 2004. Breathful
Breathful is a 2007 gangster-comedy film directed by Daryush Shokof.
 Featuring an all-female cast, "Breathful" is meant to promote gender equality and women's rights, particularly the rights of women from Shokof's homeland, Iran. Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson (born July 10, 1958), often referred to as Helgi Björns, is an Icelandic actor and pop/rock musician.
 He has released several albums with his own band Helgi Björns Og Reiðmenn Vindanna.
 He was also a lead vocalist for the Icelandic bands Grafík and for Síðan skein sól (also known as SSSól).
 As an actor, Helgi Björnsson has appeared in a great number of films including Hitler's Grave by Daryush Shokof in 2011. Taies Farzan
Taies Farzan is an Iranian-German film actress who was born in Iran and thereafter moved to Germany with her parents at early age of 14.
 She started acting on stage for some years until she started acting in films of Daryush Shokof in late nineties.
 Her performance in the film "Hitler's Grave" by Daryush Shokof won her best acting award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2011.
 She became active also as a film producer with Tenussian Vaccuvasco and continued producing several low budget art films including Breathful and Hitler's Grave.
She is active in acting in films in Turkey.Taies Farzan speaks English, German, Turkish and Persian fluently. Iran Zendan
Iran Zendan ("Iran Prison") is a feature film by Daryush Shokof about the situations of political prisoners currently in Iran.
 The film is a semi-documentary picture with images taken from the actual events during the mass protests of the 2009 Iranian presidential election and what happens to some of protesters after they are incarcerated.
 "Iran Zendan" was first screened in Babylon theatres in Berlin, Germany on May 9, 2010. Hitler's Grave
Hitler's Grave, also known as "Heaven's Taxi", is a film by Daryush Shokof.
 The film is about an Iranian girl played by Taies Farzan who leaves Iran in order to fulfill two promises she makes to her dying brother just moments before he dies.
 Her brother Majid, played by Afshin Akhavan, had been fatally tortured by agents from the Islamic Republic of Iran after being arrested for taking part in the protests against the 2009 Iranian presidential election.
 The first promise she makes to the brother is that she will go to Berlin, Germany to find Hitler's grave.
 The second promise is kept a secret from the audience until the last scene of the film in a masterful Hitchcockian style of suspense as Majid whispers the words into his sister's ear just before he dies.
 The film won best awards for Film and Directorial for Daryush Shokof at the NYIIFVF.
 The film features well-known German actor Vadim Glowna as a "Grand Rabbi".