

Coup 53
Old secrets cast long shadows
7.715 votes on TMDB2019Movie2h 1m
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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Ralph Fiennes
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

Taghi Amirani
Self - Filmmaker
- F
Farhad Diba
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
- M
Malcolm Byrne
Self - Researcher
- S
Stephen Kinzer
Self - Writer

Walter Murch
Self - Film Editor
- E
Ervand Abrahamian
Self - Writer
- A
Alison Rooper
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

David Owen
Self - Politician
- M
Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)
- H
Humphry Trevelyan
Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman
- C
Chris Morphet
Self - Cameraman
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