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Coup 53
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.
Director and cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
- Taghi Amirani as Self - Filmmaker
- Farhad Diba as Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
- Malcolm Byrne as Self - Researcher
- Stephen Kinzer as Self - Writer
- Walter Murch as Self - Film Editor
- Ervand Abrahamian as Self - Writer
- Alison Rooper as Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
- David Owen as Self - Politician
- Mark Anderson as Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
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