Flame of Persia (1971)

A film documenting the exorbitant 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire, held in October 1971, organized by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and attended by leaders from around the world.

Cast (60)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Orson Welles

Narrator

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

Self

Queen Farah Pahlavi Shahbanou Of Iran

Self

Assadollah Alam

Self

J

Judy Judefind Agnew

Self

Spiro Agnew

Self

E

Emir Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa

Self

Jovanka Broz

Self

Elena Ceaușescu

Self

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

Self

E

Emilio Colombo

Self

M

Moktar Ould Daddah

Self

Juan Carlos I

Self

M

Maximilian von Fürstenberg

Self

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

Self

J

Jean de Luxembourg

Self

M

Mahendra of Nepal

Self

Ingrid of Sweden

Self

Queen Fabiola of Belgium

Self

J

Jim Fouché

Self

S

Suleiman Frangieh

Self

King Frederik IX of Denmark

Self

G

Guo Moruo

Self

P

Princess Muna Al Hussein

Self

F

Franz Jonas

Self

K

Kim Jong-pil

Self

Urho Kekkonen

Self

Grace Kelly

Self

Y

Yahya Khan

Self

Baudouin I of Belgium

Self

Constantine II of Greece

Self

King Hussein of Jordan

Self

King Olav V

M

Mieczysław Klimaszewski

Self

P

Pál Losonczi

Self

H

Hubert Maga

Self

Imelda Marcos

Self

E

Emilio Garrastazu Médici

Self

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

Self

R

Rui Patrício

Self

Nikolai Podgorny

Self

P

Prince Ahmad Shah Khan of Afghanistan

Self

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Self

P

Princess Bilqis Begum of Afghanistan

Self

Q

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Self

Q

Queen Ratna of Nepal

Self

Q

Qaboos bin Said

Self

Mobutu Sese Seko

Self

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Self

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Self

Sofía of Spain

Self

Suharto

Self

C

Cevdet Sunay

Self

Ludvík Svoboda

Self

A

Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani

Self

Josip Broz Tito

Self

Kai-Uwe von Hassel

Self

F

Friedrich Traugott Wahlen

Self

Todor Zhivkov

Self

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Directed by John Ford

1971