Coup 53
"Old secrets cast long shadows"
Cast & Crew
Ralph Fiennes
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
as Self - Filmmaker
Farhad Diba
as Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Malcolm Byrne
as Self - Researcher
Stephen Kinzer
as Self - Writer
Walter Murch
as Self - Film Editor
Ervand Abrahamian
as Self - Writer
Alison Rooper
as Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
David Owen
as Self - Politician
Taghi Amirani
Director
Overview
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.
