Series synopsis
Bitter Coffee, also known as قهوه تلخ is a comedy drama television series that premiered on September 13, 2010. It ended on August 20, 2012. It was created by Mehran Modiri. It stars Siamak Ansari, Mohammadreza Hedayati, Mehran Modiri and Elika Abdolrazzaghi.
The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ...
Premise
The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.
Premise: Revealing the lost truth of history
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Siamak Ansari as Mostashar-ol-Molk / Nima Zand-Karimi
- Mohammadreza Hedayati as King Jahangir Doloo
- Mehran Modiri as Bluetooth the Great
- Elika Abdolrazzaghi as Queen Fakhr-o-Taj
- Sahar Zakaria as Lobat-ol-Molook Doloo
- Reza Feyznorouzi as Premier Etemad-ol-Molk Deylami
- Maryam Bbakhshi as Akhtar-ol-Molook
- Sahar Jafari Jozani as Naz-Khatoon Deylami / Roya Atabaki
Supporting cast
- Aref Lorestani as Sheriff Balad-ol-Molk
- Borzoo Arjmand as General Borzoo Sepahsalar
- Gholamreza Nikkhah as Damoosol Molk
- Hadi Kazemi as Baba Shah / Colonel Tupolev
- Javad Ezzati as Baba Eti
- Mandana Souri as Gheysar-o-Saltaneh
- Nader Soleimani as Gherghi
- Falamak Joneydi as Kabootar
- Ali Lak Poorian as Dambool-o-Saltaneh Bidel-Baghali
- Behshad Mokhtari as Mokhber-o-Doleh Sar-e-Sadi
- Saed Hedayati as Dava-ol-Molk
- Shayan Ahadifar as Gonjeshk Deylami
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 102 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 102 | September 13, 2010 | August 20, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 13, 2010 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | September 20, 2010 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | September 27, 2010 |
Production
Release
| First aired | September 13, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | August 20, 2012 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Status | ended |