Omer Chawshin
Omer Chawshin is a Kurdish theater actor born in 1942 in Sulaymaniyah. He became a member of the Sulayymaniah Acting Troupe in 1967. Because of the lack of female actors and the restrictions on female actors, he wore and played female characters from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4572 |
| Birthday | 1942-06-16 |
| Place of Birth | Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq |
| Also Known As | عومەر چاوشین, |
2013
Before Snowfall
6.3/9
Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of...
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Before Snowfall
2009
Kick Off
6.1/5
Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who h...
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Kick Off
2001
Life
8/2
"Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988. Diyari (Kurdo Galali) has come from his new homeland,...
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Life
2012
Death Triangle
2/1
To escape to the European paradise, the only way is a tunnel that is hidden. A 70 years old Christian man (Uncle Zuheir) lives among the Muslims, his...
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Death Triangle
2014
Mardan
5.3/6
A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a missing man in the rugged mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, in...
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Mardan
2009
Whisper with the Wind
7.7/6
An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.
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Whisper with the Wind
2007
Dol: The Valley of Tambourines
8/1
On his wedding day, a Kurdish man must flee through Turkish, then Iraqi and eventually Iranian Kurdistan.
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Dol: The Valley of Tambourines
2015
The Woman of My Life
4.5/2
Six year old Azad (a Kurd from Iraq) was engaged to his cousin Vian but after that the two kids were separated due to the political situation. At 19,...
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The Woman of My Life
1971
The General Inspector
0/0
When the governor hears that a general inspector has come to town, fearing that he'll uncover his corruption, he and his government officials panic. T...
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