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Coup 53
Release Date: September 01, 2019
| Year | : | 2019 |
| Slogan | : | «Old secrets cast long shadows» |
| Genres | : | Documentary, History |
| Production Companies | : | Amirani Media |
| Director | : | Taghi Amirani |
| Producers | : | Paul Zaentz, Emma Parsons, Immy Humes, Amir Amirani, Ahmad Kiarostami, Fateme Ahmadi, Declan Smith, Taghi Amirani, Gerry Ohrstrom, Neda Nobari, Giulia Cosentino, Ali Amirani, Jon Wilcox, Glynis Robertson, Salome Siavoshi, Rosemary Rotondi, Hesam Eslami |
| Writers | : | Walter Murch, Taghi Amirani |
| RunTime | : | 121 mins. |
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.
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Featurette: Anna Smith with Walter Murch & Taghi Amirani
Featurette: Paul Hirsch with Walter Murch
Featurette: Chris Terrio with Walter Murch & Taghi Amirani
Featurette: Michael Moore with R. Fiennes, W. Murch & T. Amirani
Featurette: Errol Morris with Walter Murch and Taghi Amirani
Trailer: 2021 Official Trailer
Trailer: 2019 Teaser Trailer
Main Actors
Ralph Fiennes
Character : Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Farhad Diba
Character : Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Malcolm Byrne
Character : Self - Researcher
Stephen Kinzer
Character : Self - Writer
Walter Murch
Character : Self - Film Editor
Ervand Abrahamian
Character : Self - Writer
Alison Rooper
Character : Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
David Owen
Character : Self - Politician
Mark Anderson
Character : Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
Humphry Trevelyan
Character : Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
Chris Morphet
Character : Self - Cameraman
Rameza Mahsani
Character : Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
Adbolzahra Baghlani
Character : Self - Former Gardener
Ghobad Fakhimi
Character : Self - Former Oil Engineer
Nigel Hawkes
Character : Self - Journalist (voice)
Stephen Dorril
Character : Self - Writer
Hamid Ahmadi
Character : Self - Researcher
Mousa Mehran
Character : Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
Ardeshir Zahedi
Character : Self - Former Politician
David Talbot
Character : Self - Writer
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Character : Self - Historian
Ahmad Djalili
Character : Self - Photojournalist
Haj Habib
Character : Self - Butcher
Abdolmajid Bayat
Character : Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
Esmail Yazdi
Character : Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
Andrew Goddard
Character : Loyal Guard
Kane Morrell
Character : Colonel Nassiri
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Julian Amery
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kermit Roosevelt
Character : Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
Character : Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Peter Ramsbotham
Character : Self - British Official (archive footage)
Donald Logan
Character : Self - British Official (archive footage)
Henry Grady
Character : Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Sam Falle
Character : Self - British Official (archive footage)
Stephen Meade
Character : Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
Nasrollah Fatemi
Character : Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
Peter Avery
Character : Self - Teacher (archive footage)
Eric Drake
Character : Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
Fouad Rouhani
Character : Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
Frank Soskice
Character : Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Basil Jackson
Character : Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
Joe Addison
Character : Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Shapour Bakhtiar
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abolhassan Banisadr
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Fazlollah Zahedi
Character : Self - Army General (archive footage)
George Middleton
Character : Self - British Official (archive footage)
George McGhee
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Richard Cottam
Character : Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Fereydoun Azarnour
Character : Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
Character : Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
Mehdi Homayouni
Character : Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Alireza Saheb
Character : Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
Nematollah Nassiri
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Character : Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Amir Pishdad
Character : Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
Abbas Aghelizadeh
Character : Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Efraim Halevy
Character : Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)
Jacobo Árbenz
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
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