Coup 53 (2019)
"Old secrets cast long shadows"

Title: Coup 53
Original Title: Coup 53
Release Date: 2019-09-01
Status: Released
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 11 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary, History
Production Companies: Amirani Media
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

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

David Owen
Self - Politician

Mark Anderson
Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)