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Ralph Fiennes as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire |
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Taghi Amirani as Self - Filmmaker |
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Farhad Diba as Self - Mossadegh's Nephew |
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Malcolm Byrne as Self - Researcher |
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Stephen Kinzer as Self - Writer |
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Walter Murch as Self - Film Editor |
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Ervand Abrahamian as Self - Writer |
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Alison Rooper as Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher |
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David Owen as Self - Politician |
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Mark Anderson as Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice) |
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Humphry Trevelyan as Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman |
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Chris Morphet as Self - Cameraman |
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Rameza Mahsani as Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain |
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Adbolzahra Baghlani as Self - Former Gardener |
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Ghobad Fakhimi as Self - Former Oil Engineer |
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Nigel Hawkes as Self - Journalist (voice) |
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Stephen Dorril as Self - Writer |
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Hamid Ahmadi as Self - Researcher |
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Mousa Mehran as Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard |
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Ardeshir Zahedi as Self - Former Politician |
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David Talbot as Self - Writer |
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Siavush Randjbar-Daemi as Self - Historian |
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Ahmad Djalili as Self - Photojournalist |
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Haj Habib as Self - Butcher |
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Abdolmajid Bayat as Self - Mossadegh's Grandson |
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Esmail Yazdi as Self - Mossadegh's Doctor |
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Andrew Goddard as Loyal Guard |
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Kane Morrell as Colonel Nassiri |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Winston Churchill as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Richard Nixon as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Mohammad Mosaddegh as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Julian Amery as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Kermit Roosevelt as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) |
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Bernie Sanders as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Frank Reynolds as Self - Anchorman (archive footage) |
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Peter Ramsbotham as Self - British Official (archive footage) |
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Donald Logan as Self - British Official (archive footage) |
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Henry Grady as Self - US Diplomat (archive footage) |
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Sam Falle as Self - British Official (archive footage) |
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Stephen Meade as Self - CIA Agent (archive footage) |
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Nasrollah Fatemi as Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage) |
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Peter Avery as Self - Teacher (archive footage) |
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Eric Drake as Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage) |
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Fouad Rouhani as Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage) |
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Frank Soskice as Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage) |
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Harry S. Truman as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Basil Jackson as Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage) |
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Joe Addison as Self - Lawyer (archive footage) |
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Shapour Bakhtiar as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Abolhassan Banisadr as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Fazlollah Zahedi as Self - Army General (archive footage) |
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George Middleton as Self - British Official (archive footage) |
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George McGhee as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Joseph McCarthy as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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John Foster Dulles as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Richard Cottam as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) |
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Fereydoun Azarnour as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran as Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage) |
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Mehdi Homayouni as Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Alireza Saheb as Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage) |
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Nematollah Nassiri as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari as Self - Queen Consort (archive footage) |
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Amir Pishdad as Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage) |
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Abbas Aghelizadeh as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
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Efraim Halevy as Self - Mossad Head (archive footage) |
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Jacobo Árbenz as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Jimmy Carter as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Ruhollah Khomeini as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Donald Trump as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Camera | Vicente Franco | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Ali Amirani | Additional Photography |
| Crew | Gisela Evert | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Mark James | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Elijah Brown | Grip |
| Sound | Julian Wilson | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Emma Parsons | Production Manager |
| Camera | Ines Sommer | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Joseph Keppler | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Keith Branch | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Martin Jensen | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Garrett McDonald | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Moslem Tehrani | Additional Photography |
| Crew | Hai Le | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Glynis Robertson | Production Manager |
| Production | Giulia Cosentino | Researcher |
| Camera | Simon Fanthorpe | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Sean O'Neil | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Abbas Kowsari | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Ben Richards | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Mehdi Hasani Bafrani | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Paul Ensby | Colorist |
| Sound | Jim Goddard | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Salome Siavoshi | Researcher |
| Sound | Anna Wright | Foley Artist |
| Production | Declan Smith | Researcher |
| Production | Rosemary Rotondi | Researcher |
| Production | Hesam Eslami | Researcher |
| Production | Gerry Ohrstrom | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Robert Miller | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Martyn Pick | Animation Director |
| Production | Immy Humes | Associate Producer |
| Production | Fateme Ahmadi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Taghi Amirani | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Gardner | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Production | Neda Nobari | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ali Amirani | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jon Wilcox | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Ralph Fiennes | Thanks |
| Editing | Evelyn Franks | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Vince Knight | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruhaniah Ahmed | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Sharon Pinsker | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Ali Charmi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kelvin Johnson | Animation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulia Scrimieri | Costume Designer |
| Art | Jason Kelvin | Art Direction |
| Production | Paul Zaentz | Producer |
| Editing | Walter Murch | Editor |
| Camera | Taghi Amirani | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Taghi Amirani | Writer |
| Directing | Taghi Amirani | Director |
| Writing | Walter Murch | Writer |
| Production | Ahmad Kiarostami | Co-Producer |
| Production | Amir Amirani | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Claudia Raschke | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Chris Morphet | Director of Photography |