Without My Daughter

Without My Daughter (2002, Finland) is a 90-minute documentary directed by Kari Tervo and Alexis Kouros.^[1][2][3] It was created by Dr. Sayyed "Moody" Bozorg Mahmoody to contest many of the claims made by his wife in Not Without My Daughter.

Directed byKari Tervo
Alexis Kouros

Written byAlexis Kouros

Produced byKari Tervo
Alexis Kouros

StarringSayyed Bozorg Mahmoody

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Without My Daughter
Directed by	Kari Tervo Alexis Kouros
Written by	Alexis Kouros
Produced by	Kari Tervo Alexis Kouros
Starring	Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody
Cinematography	Jari Pollari
Edited by	Riitta Poikselkä
Music by	Tuomas Kantelinen
Production companies	Dream Catcher Tarinatalo Yle Arte TV4 AB DR
Release date	2002 (2002)
Country	Finland
Languages	English Persian
Budget	€423,600

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In 1987, "Not Without my Daughter" was published, based on the story of an American woman, Betty Mahmoody. According to the book, Mahmoody and her daughter, Mahtob, were taken by her Iranian husband, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, for a "two-week holiday" to Iran, and he kept them there against their will. She managed to escape 18 months later over the mountains into Turkey, taking their 5-year-old daughter with her back to the United States. In 1991, Not Without My Daughter, a film starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina, was released, based on the events described in her book.