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Coup 53

Old secrets cast long shadows

7.7(15)20192h 1m1

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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Language
English
  • espionage
  • cinema on cinema
  • nationalism
  • coup d'etat
  • teheran (tehran), iran
  • historical figure
  • animated scene
  • political assassination
  • docudrama
  • archive footage
  • oil refinery
  • government conspiracy

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival1 Sept 2019
    • PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival7 Jan 2020
    • PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival31 Mar 2020
    • Digital / OTT19 Aug 2020
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon Film Festival5 Oct 2019
    • Digital / OTT19 Aug 2020
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereVancouver International Film Festival27 Sept 2019
    • Digital / OTT19 Aug 2020
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT19 Aug 2020
  • SpainES

    • PremiereAtlàntida Mallorca Film Fest28 Jul 2021
    • Digital / OTTFilmin28 Jul 2021
  • SwedenSE

    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival30 Jan 2020
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • PremiereInternational Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights5 Mar 2021

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Coup 53 was released on 1 September 2019.

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    CitygalSF

    1/11/2020

    8/10

    This important movie, over 4 years in the making, is even more pertinent today, with renewed tensions with Iran. Prodigious research underlies the revelation of British leadership in the coup that re-installed the Shah of Iran. The film provides evidence and context for subsequent events, without losing focus on the overthrow of a democratically elected leader to preserve British oil interests at Abadan. Currently m…

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