The Warden (Persian: سرخ‌پوست, romanized: Sorkhpust, lit. 'The Redskin') is a 2019 Iranian mystery drama film directed and written by Nima Javidi. It stars Navid Mohammadzadeh and Parinaz Izadyar. Set in 1967 in Iran, Mohammadzadeh plays Major Nemat Jahed, the warden of a prison, who is being evacuated for expansion whilst one of the prisoners is missing.

This film was screened for the first time in the 37th Fajr Film Festival, and by being nominated in 8 categories of this festival, Crystal Simorgh has been awarded a special prize by the jury.^[2] Massoud Farasati in his television show Seven considered this film as the best work of the festival.^[3]

In 1967, an old prison in the south was evacuated due to its proximity to the city's developing airport. Major Nemat Jahed, the head of the prison, is transferring the prisoners to the new prison with his officers, and the major himself and his men are scheduled to leave the prison by evening. Colonel Modaber, who is superior to Jahed, goes to him in prison and says that Jahed has been promoted and is going to be his own successor. Jahed, happy to hear the news, finds out during a phone call that one of the prisoners, Ahmed, nicknamed the Indian, was not with the other prisoners. Subsequent investigations assure Jahed that the Indian is in prison and hiding somewhere. At the same time, a prison warden named Susan Karimi came to see Jahed and told him that the Indian sentence had changed suspiciously from imprisonment to death. Jahed, who sees his promotion in jeopardy, searches the entire prison with his troops to find the Indians. Meanwhile, Jahed falls in love with one of the girls who helps the prisoners…

The film's score is composed by Ramin Kousha, who is also the pianist. It was released on July 5, 2019.^[4]

1. Last Day in Jail
2. Countdown
3. Time to Leave This Place
4. Ultimatum
5. Pieces from the Whole
6. Looking Everywhere for Him
7. Gas Attack
8. Aftermath
9. Losing Consciousness
10. Dead End
11. We Know Everything Now
12. Suspicion
13. Light & Darkness
14. Circles
15. One More Time
16. Free Him

The Warden was screened for the first time, on Friday, February 1, 2019, in the Simorgh Soda section of the 37th Fajr International Film Festival, and was released in cinemas across the country on June 5, 2019. The Warden is now the fourth best-selling non-comedy film in the history of Iranian cinema.