Liberation

Liberation

21 mins | Drama, History | July 26, 2009

In 1979, the Shah of Iran was overthrown by the country's Islamic Revolution. Forced into exile, he settled in an isolated mansion in Cuernevaca, Mexico and watched as his empire collapsed on television. A powerful examination of dictatorship and its psychological effects on a man, LIBERATION explores a key turning point in Middle-East History and the origins of the Iran we know today.

Liberation

21 mins | Drama, History | July 26, 2009

Liberation
In 1979, the Shah of Iran was overthrown by the country's Islamic Revolution. Forced into exile, he settled in an isolated mansion in Cuernevaca, Mexico and watched as his empire collapsed on television. A powerful examination of dictatorship and its psychological effects on a man, LIBERATION explores a key turning point in Middle-East History and the origins of the Iran we know today.
Producers
Original title Liberation
Directors Michael Younesi
Writers Justin Younesi, Michael Younesi

Cast

Steven T. Bartlett

as BBC Cameraman

Aladine Naamou

as Imperial Guard

Navid Negahban

as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

Shila Ommi

as Farah Diba Pahlavi

Christian Reeve

as Imperial bodyguard 2

Michael Saad

as General Fardoust

Parviz Sayyad

as Reza Shah (voice)

Glen Vaughan

as Frost