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Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party

In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history.

6.7 average rating
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6.7
English / 75 MIN. / 2016

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The Synopsis

The story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a specially constructed oasis surrounded by a city of tents and attended by 60 world leaders, who enjoyed a five-course banquet and a pageant featuring thousands of soldiers dressed in historical costume. However, the decadence on display had far-reaching consequences, breeding resentment of the Shah's regime among the Iranian people.

The Cast

Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviArshin Abdi-MoghaddamAli AnsariAbdolreza AnsariElizabeth AntébiEsmaeil KhataiePeter J. ChelkowskiBijan DolatabodiShahrokh GolestanSally QuinnMichel MenantDante FranzettiTalinn GrigorPrince Michael of GreeceOswald ToutschMarcel HuderIssa MalekParveneh GhorbanianAbolhassan BanisadrAssadollah AlamQueen Farah Pahlavi Shahbanou Of IranRuhollah KhomeiniNikolai PodgornyEmperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaImelda MarcosSuhartoKing Hussein of JordanSpiro AgnewJovanka BrozJosip Broz TitoIngrid of SwedenKing Frederik IX of DenmarkConstantine II of GreeceBaudouin I of BelgiumPrince Bernhard of the NetherlandsAbdul Halim of KedahLudvík SvobodaNicolae CeaușescuKing Olav VPrince Rainier III of MonacoGrace KellyPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghReza Shah PahlaviMohammad MosaddeghOrson Welles

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