Coup 53
Old secrets cast long shadows
Overview
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.
- Production
- Amirani Media
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Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
Self - Film Editor
David Owen
Self - Politician
David Talbot
Self - Writer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Taghi Amirani
- Writers
- Taghi Amirani,Walter Murch
- Producers
- Jon Wilcox,Neda Nobari,Gerry Ohrstrom,Taghi Amirani
- Cinematography
- Vince Knight,Taghi Amirani,Chris Morphet,Claudia Raschke
- Composer
- Robert Miller
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CitygalSF
January 11, 2020
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 re…