Coup 53

Taghi Amirani
2019-09-01

Old secrets cast long shadows
7.6
121 min

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

Name Character Team
Ralph Fiennes Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire Goutbreak
Taghi Amirani Self - Filmmaker Unowned
Farhad Diba Self - Mossadegh's Nephew Unowned
Malcolm Byrne Self - Researcher Unowned
Stephen Kinzer Self - Writer Unowned
Walter Murch Self - Film Editor Unowned
Ervand Abrahamian Self - Writer Unowned
Alison Rooper Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher Unowned
David Owen Self - Politician Unowned
Mark Anderson Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice) Unowned
Humphry Trevelyan Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman Unowned
Chris Morphet Self - Cameraman Unowned
Rameza Mahsani Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain Unowned
Adbolzahra Baghlani Self - Former Gardener Unowned
Ghobad Fakhimi Self - Former Oil Engineer Unowned
Nigel Hawkes Self - Journalist (voice) Unowned
Stephen Dorril Self - Writer Unowned
Hamid Ahmadi Self - Researcher Unowned
Mousa Mehran Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard Unowned
Ardeshir Zahedi Self - Former Politician Unowned
David Talbot Self - Writer Unowned
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi Self - Historian Unowned
Ahmad Djalili Self - Photojournalist Unowned
Haj Habib Self - Butcher Unowned
Abdolmajid Bayat Self - Mossadegh's Grandson Unowned
Esmail Yazdi Self - Mossadegh's Doctor Unowned
Andrew Goddard Loyal Guard Unowned
Kane Morrell Colonel Nassiri Unowned
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Winston Churchill Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Richard Nixon Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Mohammad Mosaddegh Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Julian Amery Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Kermit Roosevelt Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) Unowned
Bernie Sanders Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Frank Reynolds Self - Anchorman (archive footage) Unowned
Peter Ramsbotham Self - British Official (archive footage) Unowned
Donald Logan Self - British Official (archive footage) Unowned
Henry Grady Self - US Diplomat (archive footage) Unowned
Sam Falle Self - British Official (archive footage) Unowned
Stephen Meade Self - CIA Agent (archive footage) Unowned
Nasrollah Fatemi Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage) Unowned
Peter Avery Self - Teacher (archive footage) Unowned
Eric Drake Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage) Unowned
Fouad Rouhani Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage) Unowned
Frank Soskice Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage) Unowned
Harry S. Truman Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Basil Jackson Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage) Unowned
Joe Addison Self - Lawyer (archive footage) Unowned
Shapour Bakhtiar Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Abolhassan Banisadr Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Fazlollah Zahedi Self - Army General (archive footage) Unowned
George Middleton Self - British Official (archive footage) Unowned
George McGhee Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Joseph McCarthy Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
John Foster Dulles Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Richard Cottam Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) Unowned
Fereydoun Azarnour Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) Unowned
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage) Unowned
Mehdi Homayouni Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage) Unowned
Abol-Ghasem Kashani Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Alireza Saheb Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage) Unowned
Nematollah Nassiri Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari Self - Queen Consort (archive footage) Unowned
Amir Pishdad Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage) Unowned
Abbas Aghelizadeh Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) Unowned
Efraim Halevy Self - Mossad Head (archive footage) Unowned
Jacobo Árbenz Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Jimmy Carter Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Ruhollah Khomeini Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Donald Trump Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned