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Coup 53

Old secrets cast long shadows

Description: 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.

Genres: Documentary, History

Homepage: https://coup53.com

Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 121 minutes

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Ralph Fiennes

Played Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

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Taghi Amirani

Played Self - Filmmaker

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Farhad Diba

Played Self - Mossadegh's Nephew

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Malcolm Byrne

Played Self - Researcher

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Stephen Kinzer

Played Self - Writer

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Walter Murch

Played Self - Film Editor

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Ervand Abrahamian

Played Self - Writer

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Alison Rooper

Played Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

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David Owen

Played Self - Politician

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Mark Anderson

Played Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)

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Humphry Trevelyan

Played Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

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Chris Morphet

Played Self - Cameraman

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Rameza Mahsani

Played Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

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Adbolzahra Baghlani

Played Self - Former Gardener

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Ghobad Fakhimi

Played Self - Former Oil Engineer

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Nigel Hawkes

Played Self - Journalist (voice)

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Stephen Dorril

Played Self - Writer

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Hamid Ahmadi

Played Self - Researcher

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Mousa Mehran

Played Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

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Ardeshir Zahedi

Played Self - Former Politician

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David Talbot

Played Self - Writer

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Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

Played Self - Historian

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Ahmad Djalili

Played Self - Photojournalist

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Haj Habib

Played Self - Butcher

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Abdolmajid Bayat

Played Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

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Esmail Yazdi

Played Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

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Andrew Goddard

Played Loyal Guard

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Kane Morrell

Played Colonel Nassiri

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Winston Churchill

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Richard Nixon

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Mohammad Mosaddegh

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Julian Amery

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Kermit Roosevelt

Played Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

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Bernie Sanders

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Frank Reynolds

Played Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

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Peter Ramsbotham

Played Self - British Official (archive footage)

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Donald Logan

Played Self - British Official (archive footage)

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Henry Grady

Played Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

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Sam Falle

Played Self - British Official (archive footage)

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Stephen Meade

Played Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

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Nasrollah Fatemi

Played Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

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Peter Avery

Played Self - Teacher (archive footage)

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Eric Drake

Played Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

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Fouad Rouhani

Played Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

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Frank Soskice

Played Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

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Harry S. Truman

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Basil Jackson

Played Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)

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Joe Addison

Played Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

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Shapour Bakhtiar

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Abolhassan Banisadr

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Fazlollah Zahedi

Played Self - Army General (archive footage)

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George Middleton

Played Self - British Official (archive footage)

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George McGhee

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Joseph McCarthy

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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John Foster Dulles

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Richard Cottam

Played Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

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Fereydoun Azarnour

Played Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran

Played Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

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Mehdi Homayouni

Played Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

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Abol-Ghasem Kashani

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Alireza Saheb

Played Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)

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Nematollah Nassiri

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

Played Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

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Amir Pishdad

Played Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)

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Abbas Aghelizadeh

Played Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

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Efraim Halevy

Played Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)

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Jacobo Árbenz

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Jimmy Carter

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Donald Trump

Played Self - Politician (archive footage)

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