Coup 53

Coup 53

121 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 1, 2019

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.

Coup 53

121 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 1, 2019

Coup 53
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Amirani Media
Original title Coup 53
Directors Taghi Amirani
Writers Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch

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)

Humphrey Trevelyan

as Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

Chris Morphet

as Self - Cameraman

Rameza Mahsani

as Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

Adbolzahra Baghlani

as Self - Former Gardener

Ghobad Fakhimi

as Self - Former Oil Engineer

Nigel Hawkes

as Self - Journalist (voice)

Stephen Dorril

as Self - Writer

Hamid Ahmadi

as Self - Researcher

Mousa Mehran

as Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

Ardeshir Zahedi

as Self - Former Politician

David Talbot

as Self - Writer

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

as Self - Historian

Ahmad Djalili

as Self - Photojournalist

Haj Habib

as Self - Butcher

Abdolmajid Bayat

as Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

Esmail Yazdi

as Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

Andrew Goddard

as Loyal Guard

Kane Morrell

as Colonel Nassiri

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mohammad Mosaddegh

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Julian Amery

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Kermit Roosevelt

as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Frank Reynolds

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Peter Ramsbotham

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Donald Logan

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Henry Grady

as Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

Sam Falle

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Stephen Meade

as Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

Nasrollah Fatemi

as Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

Peter Avery

as Self - Teacher (archive footage)

Eric Drake

as Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

Fouad Rouhani

as Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

Frank Soskice

as Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Basil Jackson

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

Joe Addison

as Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Shapour Bakhtiar

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abolhassan Banisadr

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Fazlollah Zahedi

as Self - Army General (archive footage)

George Middleton

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

George McGhee

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Foster Dulles

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Cottam

as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Fereydoun Azarnour

as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran

as Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

Mehdi Homayouni

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

Abol-Ghasem Kashani

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Alireza Saheb

as Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)

Nematollah Nassiri

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

as Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

Amir Pishdad

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

Abbas Aghelizadeh

as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Efraim Halevy

as Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)

Jacobo Árbenz

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)