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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
,
French
,
Persian
📆 Date Released:
2019-09-01
⌚ Running Time:
121 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.6
Beloved Cast
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Ralph Fiennes
Self - Filmmaker
Taghi Amirani
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Farhad Diba
Self - Researcher
Malcolm Byrne
Self - Writer
Stephen Kinzer
Self - Film Editor
Walter Murch
Self - Writer
Ervand Abrahamian
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
Alison Rooper
Self - Politician
David Owen
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
Humphry Trevelyan
Self - Cameraman
Chris Morphet
Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
Rameza Mahsani
Self - Former Gardener
Adbolzahra Baghlani
Self - Former Oil Engineer
Ghobad Fakhimi
Self - Journalist (voice)
Nigel Hawkes
Self - Writer
Stephen Dorril
Self - Researcher
Hamid Ahmadi
Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
Mousa Mehran
Self - Former Politician
Ardeshir Zahedi
Self - Writer
David Talbot
Self - Historian
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Self - Photojournalist
Ahmad Djalili
Self - Butcher
Haj Habib
Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
Abdolmajid Bayat
Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
Esmail Yazdi
Loyal Guard
Andrew Goddard
Colonel Nassiri
Kane Morrell
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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)
Julian Amery
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Kermit Roosevelt
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Peter Ramsbotham
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Donald Logan
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Henry Grady
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Sam Falle
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
Stephen Meade
Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
Nasrollah Fatemi
Self - Teacher (archive footage)
Peter Avery
Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
Eric Drake
Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
Fouad Rouhani
Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
Frank Soskice
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
Basil Jackson
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Joe Addison
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shapour Bakhtiar
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abolhassan Banisadr
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Fazlollah Zahedi
Self - British Official (archive footage)
George Middleton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
George McGhee
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Richard Cottam
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Fereydoun Azarnour
Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Mehdi Homayouni
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
Alireza Saheb
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nematollah Nassiri
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
Amir Pishdad
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Abbas Aghelizadeh
Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)
Efraim Halevy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
