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    Coup 53

    Coup 53

    "Old secrets cast long shadows"

    2019

    2:01:55

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    7.8/10 (12)

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    Coup 53

    Genre

    Documentary
    History

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Taghi Amirani

    Writers

    Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch,

    Stars

    Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Amirani, Farhad Diba, Malcolm Byrne, Stephen Kinzer,