This important movie, over 4 years in the making, is even more pertinent today, with renewed tensions with Iran. Prodigious research underlies the revelation of British leadership in the coup that re-installed the Shah of Iran. The film provides evidence and context for subsequent events, without losing focus on the overthrow of a democratically elected leader to preserve British oil interests at Abadan. Currently making the rounds of the festival circuit, the producers are trying for a wide release as soon as possible. The persistence of the director and editing by Murch combine for a film…
“Old secrets cast long shadows”
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Amirani Media
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Cast
Ralph FiennesSelf - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi AmiraniSelf - FilmmakerFarhad DibaSelf - Mossadegh's NephewMalcolm ByrneSelf - ResearcherStephen KinzerSelf - Writer
Walter MurchSelf - Film EditorErvand AbrahamianSelf - WriterAlison RooperSelf - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
David OwenSelf - PoliticianMark AndersonSelf - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)Humphry TrevelyanSelf - End of Empire (1985) CameramanChris MorphetSelf - CameramanMedia
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Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of…
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