Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)
The story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a specially constructed oasis surrounded by a city of tents and attended by 60 world leaders, who enjoyed a five-course banquet and a pageant featuring thousands of soldiers dressed in historical costume. However, the decadence on display had far-reaching consequences, breeding resentment of the Shah's regime among the Iranian people.
Director: Hassan Amini
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran as Self (archive footage) |
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Arshin Abdi-Moghaddam as Self |
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Ali Ansari as Self |
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Abdolreza Ansari as Self |
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Elizabeth Antébi as Self |
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Esmaeil Khataie as Self |
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Peter J. Chelkowski as Self |
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Bijan Dolatabodi as Self |
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Shahrokh Golestan as Self |
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Sally Quinn as Self |
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Michel Menant as Self |
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Dante Franzetti as Self |
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Talinn Grigor as Self |
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Prince Michael of Greece as Self |
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Oswald Toutsch as Self |
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Marcel Huder as Self |
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Issa Malek as Self |
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Parveneh Ghorbanian as Self |
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Abolhassan Banisadr as Self |
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Assadollah Alam as Self (archive footage) |
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Farah Pahlavi as Self (archive footage) |
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Ruhollah Khomeini as Self (archive footage) |
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Nikolai Podgorny as Self (archive footage) |
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Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as Self (archive footage) |
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Imelda Marcos as Self (archive footage) |
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Suharto as Self (archive footage) |
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King Hussein of Jordan as Self (archive footage) |
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Spiro Agnew as Self (archive footage) |
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Jovanka Broz as Self (archive footage) |
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Josip Broz Tito as Self (archive footage) |
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Ingrid of Sweden as Self (archive footage) |
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King Frederik IX of Denmark as Self (archive footage) |
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Constantine II of Greece as Self (archive footage) |
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Baudouin I of Belgium as Self (archive footage) |
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Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands as Self (archive footage) |
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Abdul Halim of Kedah as Self (archive footage) |
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Ludvík Svoboda as Self (archive footage) |
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Nicolae Ceaușescu as Self (archive footage) |
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King Olav V as Self (archive footage) |
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Prince Rainier III of Monaco as Self (archive footage) |
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Grace Kelly as Self (archive footage) |
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as Self (archive footage) |
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Reza Shah Pahlavi as Self (archive footage) |
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Mohammad Mosaddegh as Self (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles as Self (archive footage) (voice) |
| Directing | Hassan Amini | Director |
| Production | Lawrence Elman | Producer |
| Camera | Peter Northall | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ollie Huddleston | Editor |
| Crew | Simon Eugene | Compositor |
| Production | Ileen Maisel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kate Townsend | Executive Producer |
| Production | Max Peltz | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lee Jones | Line Producer |
