Documentary • History
2019
2 hours and 1 minute
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.
Release:
September 01, 2019
Original language:
English
Production country:
United Kingdom
Producer company:
Spoken languages:
EnglishFrench
Persian
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Crew
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
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Taghi Amirani
Self - Filmmaker
Self - Filmmaker
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Farhad Diba
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
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Malcolm Byrne
Self - Researcher
Self - Researcher
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Stephen Kinzer
Self - Writer
Self - Writer
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Walter Murch
Self - Film Editor
Self - Film Editor
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Ervand Abrahamian
Self - Writer
Self - Writer
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Alison Rooper
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
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David Owen
Self - Politician
Self - Politician
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Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
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Humphry Trevelyan
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
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Chris Morphet
Self - Cameraman
Self - Cameraman
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Rameza Mahsani
Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
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Adbolzahra Baghlani
Self - Former Gardener
Self - Former Gardener
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Ghobad Fakhimi
Self - Former Oil Engineer
Self - Former Oil Engineer
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Nigel Hawkes
Self - Journalist (voice)
Self - Journalist (voice)
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Stephen Dorril
Self - Writer
Self - Writer
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Hamid Ahmadi
Self - Researcher
Self - Researcher
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Mousa Mehran
Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
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Ardeshir Zahedi
Self - Former Politician
Self - Former Politician
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David Talbot
Self - Writer
Self - Writer
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Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Self - Historian
Self - Historian
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Ahmad Djalili
Self - Photojournalist
Self - Photojournalist
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Haj Habib
Self - Butcher
Self - Butcher
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Abdolmajid Bayat
Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
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Esmail Yazdi
Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
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Andrew Goddard
Loyal Guard
Loyal Guard
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Kane Morrell
Colonel Nassiri
Colonel Nassiri
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Richard Nixon
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Mohammad Mosaddegh
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Julian Amery
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Kermit Roosevelt
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
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Bernie Sanders
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Frank Reynolds
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
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Peter Ramsbotham
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Self - British Official (archive footage)
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Donald Logan
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Self - British Official (archive footage)
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Henry Grady
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
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Sam Falle
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Self - British Official (archive footage)
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Stephen Meade
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
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Nasrollah Fatemi
Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
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Peter Avery
Self - Teacher (archive footage)
Self - Teacher (archive footage)
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Eric Drake
Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
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Fouad Rouhani
Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
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Frank Soskice
Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
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Harry S. Truman
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Basil Jackson
Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
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Joe Addison
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
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Shapour Bakhtiar
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Abolhassan Banisadr
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Fazlollah Zahedi
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Self - Army General (archive footage)
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George Middleton
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Self - British Official (archive footage)
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George McGhee
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Joseph McCarthy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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John Foster Dulles
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Richard Cottam
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
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Fereydoun Azarnour
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
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Mehdi Homayouni
Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Alireza Saheb
Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
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Nematollah Nassiri
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
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Amir Pishdad
Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
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Abbas Aghelizadeh
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
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Efraim Halevy
Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)
Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)
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Jacobo Árbenz
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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