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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.

2019 |2h 1m |  Documentary, History

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Ralph Fiennes

Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

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David Owen

Self - Politician

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David Talbot

Self - Writer

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Mohammad Mosaddegh

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Bernie Sanders

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Frank Reynolds

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

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Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Joseph McCarthy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

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Jacobo Árbenz

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Donald Trump

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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English, French, Persian

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