Abi and Rabi

Abi and Rabi (Persian: آبی و رابی Abi-o-Rabi) is a 1930 Iranian silent comedy film and also first silent feature film in the history of Iranian cinema directed by Ovanes Ohanian and starring Ovanes Ohanian, Mohammad Khan Zarrabi, Gholamali Khan Sohrabi Fard, Mohammd Ali Ghotbi and Amir Arjmand.

Story

The film depicts the funny adventures of Abi (a tall man) and Rabi (a short man) in various situations. Abi drinks a lot of water through a plastic pipe, but Rabi's stomach grows big. Abi wants to sleep. He moves his head on the pillow because of the heat. The pillow gets torn, and the white feathers inside fly around all over the room. At this moment, Rabi enters the room. Thinking that it is snowing, Rabi opens his umbrella and holds it over his head. Rabi is squashed under a roller and he becomes tall. Abi hits him on the head with a sledge, and Rabi becomes a short and fat again. Abi and Rabi take a cab and head for Shahabdolazim. When they reach their destination, people are having their lunch and children are playing at a pool. One falls in the pool and the other's nose starts bleeding. A doctor appears to treat the injured one. Abi and Rabi order chicken in a restaurant. When the waiter brings the dish, the two start to eat with forks, but the chicken flies away.

References

External links

• Abi and Rabi (1930) at IMDb

1. Ali ibn Abi al-As
2. Ovanes Ohanian
3. Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor
4. Umama bint Abi al-As
5. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
6. Dūr-Abī-ešuḫ
7. List of the first films by country
8. Al-Rabi ibn Yunus
9. Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri
10. Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi'
11. Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq
12. Iranian New Wave
13. List of Sahabah
14. 1930 in film
15. Iran
16. Affan ibn Abi al-As
17. Rabi
18. Rabi ibn Sabih
19. Brotherhood among the Sahabah
20. Cinema of Iran