Coup 53
Coup 53
Release: 2019-09-01
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 8.0
Documentary
History
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Amirani Media
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
as Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
as Self - Film Editor
David Owen
as Self - Politician
David Talbot
as Self - Writer
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)
Bernie Sanders
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
as Self - Queen Consort (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)
