Coup 53 (2019)
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.799 |
Directed By
Taghi Amirani
Crew
Hai Le
Vicente Franco
Abbas Kowsari
Moslem Tehrani
Ali Amirani
Ben Richards
Simon Fanthorpe
Ines Sommer
Mark James
Keith Branch
Julian Wilson
Sean O'Neil
Mehdi Hasani Bafrani
Garrett McDonald
Joseph Keppler
Elijah Brown
Emma Parsons
Glynis Robertson
Gisela Evert
Paul Ensby
Martin Jensen
Jim Goddard
Anna Wright
Salome Siavoshi
Giulia Cosentino
Declan Smith
Rosemary Rotondi
Hesam Eslami
Paul Gardner
Martyn Pick
Robert Miller
Fateme Ahmadi
Ali Amirani
Immy Humes
Gerry Ohrstrom
Neda Nobari
Jon Wilcox
Taghi Amirani
Ralph Fiennes
Evelyn Franks
Vince Knight
Sharon Pinsker
Ali Charmi
Kelvin Johnson
Giulia Scrimieri
Ruhaniah Ahmed
Jason Kelvin
Taghi Amirani
Taghi Amirani
Walter Murch
Paul Zaentz
Walter Murch
Taghi Amirani
Ahmad Kiarostami
Amir Amirani
Chris Morphet
Claudia Raschke
TOP 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)
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