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Summary:
Ten years in the making, Coup 53 tells the story of the 1953 the Anglo-American coup d'état that overthrew Iran's government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. The CIA/MI6 covert action was called Operation Ajax. It was all about Iran’s oil and who gets to control and benefit from it. BP was at the heart of this story. Shot in seven countries, featuring participants and first-hand witnesses, and unearthing never seen before archive material, Coup 53 is a politically explosive and cinematically innovative documentary that lifts the lid on secrets buried for over sixty-six years.
Details
| Runtime: | 120 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://coup53.com/ |
| Production: | Amirani Media |
| Genres: | History, Documentary |
| Countries: | GB, IR |
| Languages: | English, Italian, Persian |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Taghi Amirani | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Taghi Amirani | Writer |
| Walter Murch | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Allen Dulles | Self |
| Ashraf Pahlavi | Self |
| David Talbot | Self |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self |
| Ervand Abrahamian | Self |
| Hedayat Matin Daftari | Self |
| Julian Amery | Self |
| Kermit Roosevelt | Self |
| Malcolm Byrne | Self |
| Mohammed Mossadegh | Self |
| Ralph Fiennes | Norman Darbyshire |
| Shapour Bakhtiar | Self |
| Stephen Kinzer | Self |
| Taghi Amirani | Self |
| Walter Murch | Self |
| Winston Churchill | Self |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Abdolmajid Bayat | Self |
| Amir Pishdad | Self |
| Ardeshir Zahedi | Self |
| Asadollah Aram | Self |
| Ervand Abrahamian | Self |
| Esmail Yazdi | Self |
| Fazlollah Zahedi | Self |
| Fereydoun Azarnour | Self |
| George McGee | Self |
| Hamid Ahmadi | Self |
| Hedayat Matin Daftari | Self |
| Julian Amery | Self |
| Malcolm Byrne | Self |
| Mehdi Houmayouni | Self |
| Mohammed Mossadegh | Self |
| Mousa Mehran | Self |
| Shapour Bakhtiar | Self |
| Siavush Randjbar-Daemi | Self |
| Stephen Kinzer | Self |
| Stephen Meade | Self |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Kiarostami | Co-Producer |
| Ali Amirani | Associate Producer |
| Amir Amirani | Co-Producer |
| Fateme Ahmadi | Associate Producer |
| Immy Humes | Associate Producer |
| Paul Zaentz | Producer |
| Taghi Amirani | Producer |
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