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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  Ralph Fiennes

  Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
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  Taghi Amirani

  Self - Filmmaker
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  Walter Murch

  Self - Film Editor
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  David Owen

  Self - Politician
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  Ardeshir Zahedi

  Self - Former 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)