Coup 53
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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Amirani Media
- Keyword: espionage, cinema on cinema, nationalism, coup d'etat, teheran (tehran), iran, historical figure, animated scene, political assassination, docudrama, archive footage, oil refinery, government conspiracy, british colonialism, national identity, 1950s, political repression, geopolitics, state crimes, iranian expats, mohammad mosaddegh
- Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Amirani, Farhad Diba, Malcolm Byrne, Stephen Kinzer, Walter Murch
