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.
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
Self - Filmmaker
Farhad Diba
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Malcolm Byrne
Self - Researcher
Stephen Kinzer
Self - Writer
Walter Murch
Self - Film Editor
Ervand Abrahamian
Self - Writer
Alison Rooper
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
David Owen
Self - Politician
Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
Humphry Trevelyan
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
Chris Morphet
Self - Cameraman
Rameza Mahsani
Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
Adbolzahra Baghlani
Self - Former Gardener
Ghobad Fakhimi
Self - Former Oil Engineer
Nigel Hawkes
Self - Journalist (voice)
Stephen Dorril
Self - Writer
Hamid Ahmadi
Self - Researcher
Mousa Mehran
Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
Ardeshir Zahedi
Self - Former Politician
David Talbot
Self - Writer
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Self - Historian
Ahmad Djalili
Self - Photojournalist
Haj Habib
Self - Butcher
Abdolmajid Bayat
Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
Esmail Yazdi
Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
Andrew Goddard
Loyal Guard
Kane Morrell
Colonel Nassiri
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 - Politician (archive footage)
Kermit Roosevelt
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Peter Ramsbotham
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Donald Logan
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Henry Grady
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Sam Falle
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Stephen Meade
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
Nasrollah Fatemi
Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
Peter Avery
Self - Teacher (archive footage)
Eric Drake
Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
Fouad Rouhani
Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
Frank Soskice
Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Basil Jackson
Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
Joe Addison
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Shapour Bakhtiar
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abolhassan Banisadr
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Fazlollah Zahedi
Self - Army General (archive footage)
George Middleton
Self - British Official (archive footage)
George McGhee
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Richard Cottam
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Fereydoun Azarnour
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
Mehdi Homayouni
Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Alireza Saheb
Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
Nematollah Nassiri
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Amir Pishdad
Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
Abbas Aghelizadeh
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Efraim Halevy
Self - Mossad Head (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
Paul Gardner
Archival Footage Coordinator
Taghi Amirani
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Walter Murch
Writer, Editor
Vince Knight
Director of Photography
Claudia Raschke
Director of Photography
Chris Morphet
Director of Photography
Paul Ensby
Colorist
Gerry Ohrstrom
Executive Producer
Neda Nobari
Executive Producer
Jon Wilcox
Executive Producer
Paul Zaentz
Producer
Immy Humes
Associate Producer
Fateme Ahmadi
Associate Producer
Ali Amirani
Associate Producer, Additional Photography
Ahmad Kiarostami
Co-Producer
Amir Amirani
Co-Producer
Gisela Evert
Post Production Supervisor
Giulia Scrimieri
Costume Designer
Martyn Pick
Animation Director
Ali Charmi
Animation
Kelvin Johnson
Animation
Ruhaniah Ahmed
Makeup Artist
Jim Goddard
Sound Effects Editor
Martin Jensen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Julian Wilson
Sound Recordist
Joseph Keppler
Sound Recordist
Keith Branch
Sound Recordist
Garrett McDonald
Sound Recordist
Sean O'Neil
Sound Recordist
Mehdi Hasani Bafrani
Sound Recordist
Anna Wright
Foley Artist
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer
Hai Le
Stunt Coordinator
Vicente Franco
Additional Photography
Mark James
Additional Photography
Ines Sommer
Additional Photography
Moslem Tehrani
Additional Photography
Simon Fanthorpe
Additional Photography
Abbas Kowsari
Additional Photography
Ben Richards
Additional Photography
Sharon Pinsker
Lead Animator
Evelyn Franks
Associate Editor
Elijah Brown
Grip
Emma Parsons
Production Manager
Glynis Robertson
Production Manager
Giulia Cosentino
Researcher
Salome Siavoshi
Researcher
Declan Smith
Researcher
Rosemary Rotondi
Researcher
Hesam Eslami
Researcher
Jason Kelvin
Art Direction
Ralph Fiennes
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