Coup 53 (2019)
2h 1m
Running Time
September 1, 2019Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ralph Fiennes
Norman Darbyshire
Walter Murch
Self
Farhad Diba
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Winston Churchill
Self
Malcolm Byrne
Self - Researcher
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self
David Talbot
Self
Allen Dulles
Self
Ervand Abrahamian
Self - Writer
Alison Rooper
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
David Owen
Self - Politician
Stephen Kinzer
Self
Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
Taghi Amirani
Self
Humphry Trevelyan
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
Chris Morphet
Self - Cameraman / Director of Photography
Rameza Mahsani
Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain
Adbolzahra Baghlani
Self - Former Gardener
Ghobad Fakhimi
Self - Former Oil Engineer
Nigel Hawkes
Self - Journalist (voice)
Paul Zaentz
Producer
Stephen Dorril
Self - Writer
Robert Miller
Composer
Hamid Ahmadi
Self - Researcher
Mousa Mehran
Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard
Simon Fanthorpe
Cinematographer
Ardeshir Zahedi
Self - Former Politician
Claudia Raschke
Cinematographer
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Self - Historian
Ahmad Djalili
Self - Photojournalist
Haj Habib
Self - Butcher
Abdolmajid Bayat
Self - Mossadegh's Grandson
Esmail Yazdi
Self - Mossadegh's Doctor
Andrew Goddard
Loyal Guard
Kane Morrell
Colonel Nassiri
Richard Nixon
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Julian Amery
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kermit Roosevelt
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frank Reynolds
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Peter Ramsbotham
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Donald Logan
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Henry Grady
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Sam Falle
Self - British Official (archive footage)
Stephen Meade
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)
Nasrollah Fatemi
Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)
Peter Avery
Self - Teacher (archive footage)
Eric Drake
Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)
Fouad Rouhani
Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)
Frank Soskice
Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Basil Jackson
Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)
Joe Addison
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Shapour Bakhtiar
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abolhassan Banisadr
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Fazlollah Zahedi
Self - Army General (archive footage)
George Middleton
Self - British Official (archive footage)
George McGhee
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Richard Cottam
Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Fereydoun Azarnour
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)
Mehdi Homayouni
Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Alireza Saheb
Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)
Nematollah Nassiri
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)
Amir Pishdad
Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)
Abbas Aghelizadeh
Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)
Efraim Halevy
Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)
Jacobo Árbenz
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Martyn Pick
Animation Director
Emma Parsons
Production Manager
Vicente Franco
Additional Photography
Immy Humes
Associate Producer
Martin Jensen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Amir Amirani
Co-Producer
Sean O'Neil
Sound Recordist
Joseph Keppler
Sound Recordist
Gisela Evert
Post Production Supervisor
Paul Ensby
Colorist
Giulia Scrimieri
Costume Designer
Jim Goddard
Sound Effects Editor
Anna Wright
Foley Artist
Ahmad Kiarostami
Co-Producer
Vince Knight
Director of Photography
Fateme Ahmadi
Associate Producer
Ines Sommer
Additional Photography
Declan Smith
Researcher
Paul Gardner
Archival Footage Coordinator
Keith Branch
Sound Recordist
Gerry Ohrstrom
Executive Producer
Ben Richards
Additional Photography
Garrett McDonald
Sound Recordist
Hai Le
Stunt Coordinator
Jason Kelvin
Art Direction
Neda Nobari
Executive Producer
Giulia Cosentino
Researcher
Mark James
Additional Photography
Ali Amirani
Additional Photography / Associate Producer
Jon Wilcox
Executive Producer
Evelyn Franks
Associate Editor
Sharon Pinsker
Lead Animator
Ali Charmi
Animation
Kelvin Johnson
Animation
Ruhaniah Ahmed
Makeup Artist
Abbas Kowsari
Additional Photography
Moslem Tehrani
Additional Photography
Julian Wilson
Sound Recordist
Mehdi Hasani Bafrani
Sound Recordist
Elijah Brown
Grip
Glynis Robertson
Production Manager
Salome Siavoshi
Researcher
Rosemary Rotondi
Researcher
Hesam Eslami
Researcher
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Coup 53 is a 2019 British documentary about the 1953 Iranian coup d'état to overthrow Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, co-written and directed by Taghi Amirani and co-written and edited by Walter Murch.