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Coup 53

Old secrets cast long shadows

7.792 average rating
7.792
English / 121 MIN. / 2019

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Ralph FiennesTaghi AmiraniFarhad DibaMalcolm ByrneStephen KinzerWalter MurchErvand AbrahamianAlison RooperDavid OwenMark AndersonHumphry TrevelyanChris MorphetRameza MahsaniAdbolzahra BaghlaniGhobad FakhimiNigel HawkesStephen DorrilHamid AhmadiMousa MehranArdeshir ZahediDavid TalbotSiavush Randjbar-DaemiAhmad DjaliliHaj HabibAbdolmajid BayatEsmail YazdiAndrew GoddardKane MorrellDwight D. EisenhowerWinston ChurchillRichard NixonShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of IranMohammad MosaddeghJulian AmeryKermit RooseveltBernie SandersFrank ReynoldsPeter RamsbothamDonald LoganHenry GradySam FalleStephen MeadeNasrollah FatemiPeter AveryEric DrakeFouad RouhaniFrank SoskiceHarry S. TrumanBasil JacksonJoe AddisonShapour BakhtiarAbolhassan BanisadrFazlollah ZahediGeorge MiddletonGeorge McGheeJoseph McCarthyJohn Foster DullesRichard CottamFereydoun AzarnourPrincess Ashraf Pahlavi of IranMehdi HomayouniAbol-Ghasem KashaniAlireza SahebNematollah NassiriSoraya Esfandiary-BakhtiariAmir PishdadAbbas AghelizadehEfraim HalevyJacobo ÁrbenzJimmy CarterRuhollah KhomeiniDonald Trump

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