Coup 53
With Iran and the world once again on the brink, COUP 53 feels less like history and more like a warning.In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 backed by the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. His crime: nationalising the country's oil. The truth behind that original regime change for oil was buried for decades.Iranian director Taghi Amirani spent ten years uncovering what really happened. Working with legendary editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) and a gripping performance by Ralph Fiennes, the film unfo
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Taghi Amirani
Self - Filmmaker
Farhad Diba
Self - Mossadegh's Nephew
Malcolm Byrne
Self - Researcher
Stephen Kinzer
Self - Writer
Walter Murch
Self - Film Editor
Ervand Abrahamian
Self - Writer
Alison Rooper
Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher
About Coup 53
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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