Coup 53 (2019)

Old secrets cast long shadows

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.

Cast (72)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Ralph Fiennes

Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

Taghi Amirani

Self - Filmmaker

F

Farhad Diba

Self - Mossadegh's Nephew

M

Malcolm Byrne

Self - Researcher

S

Stephen Kinzer

Self - Writer

Walter Murch

Self - Film Editor

E

Ervand Abrahamian

Self - Writer

A

Alison Rooper

Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

David Owen

Self - Politician

M

Mark Anderson

Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)

H

Humphry Trevelyan

Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

C

Chris Morphet

Self - Cameraman

R

Rameza Mahsani

Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

A

Adbolzahra Baghlani

Self - Former Gardener

G

Ghobad Fakhimi

Self - Former Oil Engineer

N

Nigel Hawkes

Self - Journalist (voice)

S

Stephen Dorril

Self - Writer

H

Hamid Ahmadi

Self - Researcher

M

Mousa Mehran

Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

Ardeshir Zahedi

Self - Former Politician

David Talbot

Self - Writer

S

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

Self - Historian

A

Ahmad Djalili

Self - Photojournalist

H

Haj Habib

Self - Butcher

A

Abdolmajid Bayat

Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

E

Esmail Yazdi

Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

A

Andrew Goddard

Loyal Guard

K

Kane Morrell

Colonel Nassiri

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mohammad Mosaddegh

Self - Politician (archive footage)

J

Julian Amery

Self - Politician (archive footage)

K

Kermit Roosevelt

Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Frank Reynolds

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

P

Peter Ramsbotham

Self - British Official (archive footage)

D

Donald Logan

Self - British Official (archive footage)

H

Henry Grady

Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

S

Sam Falle

Self - British Official (archive footage)

S

Stephen Meade

Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

N

Nasrollah Fatemi

Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

P

Peter Avery

Self - Teacher (archive footage)

E

Eric Drake

Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

F

Fouad Rouhani

Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

F

Frank Soskice

Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

B

Basil Jackson

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

J

Joe Addison

Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Shapour Bakhtiar

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abolhassan Banisadr

Self - Politician (archive footage)

F

Fazlollah Zahedi

Self - Army General (archive footage)

G

George Middleton

Self - British Official (archive footage)

G

George McGhee

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

J

John Foster Dulles

Self - Politician (archive footage)

R

Richard Cottam

Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

F

Fereydoun Azarnour

Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Ashraf Pahlavi

Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

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