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Coup 53

2019 2 h 01 min
77%
Audience score15 votes on TMDB

“Old secrets cast long shadows”

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.

Screenplay
Taghi Amirani
Screenplay
Walter Murch
Status
Released
Release date
01/09/2019
Original language
English

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