Cast (72)

Ralph Fiennes

Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

Taghi Amirani

Self - Filmmaker

Farhad Diba

Self - Mossadegh's Nephew

Malcolm Byrne

Self - Researcher

Stephen Kinzer

Self - Writer

Walter Murch

Self - Film Editor

Ervand Abrahamian

Self - Writer

Alison Rooper

Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

David Owen

Self - Politician

Mark Anderson

Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)

Humphry Trevelyan

Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

Chris Morphet

Self - Cameraman

Rameza Mahsani

Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

Adbolzahra Baghlani

Self - Former Gardener

Ghobad Fakhimi

Self - Former Oil Engineer

Nigel Hawkes

Self - Journalist (voice)

Stephen Dorril

Self - Writer

Hamid Ahmadi

Self - Researcher

Mousa Mehran

Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

Ardeshir Zahedi

Self - Former Politician

David Talbot

Self - Writer

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

Self - Historian

Ahmad Djalili

Self - Photojournalist

Haj Habib

Self - Butcher

Abdolmajid Bayat

Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

Esmail Yazdi

Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

Andrew Goddard

Loyal Guard

Kane Morrell

Colonel Nassiri

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mohammad Mosaddegh

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Julian Amery

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Kermit Roosevelt

Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Frank Reynolds

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Peter Ramsbotham

Self - British Official (archive footage)

Donald Logan

Self - British Official (archive footage)

Henry Grady

Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

Sam Falle

Self - British Official (archive footage)

Stephen Meade

Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

Nasrollah Fatemi

Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

Peter Avery

Self - Teacher (archive footage)

Eric Drake

Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

Fouad Rouhani

Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

Frank Soskice

Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Basil Jackson

Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)

Joe Addison

Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Shapour Bakhtiar

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abolhassan Banisadr

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Fazlollah Zahedi

Self - Army General (archive footage)

George Middleton

Self - British Official (archive footage)

George McGhee

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Foster Dulles

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Cottam

Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Fereydoun Azarnour

Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran

Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

Mehdi Homayouni

Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Abol-Ghasem Kashani

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Alireza Saheb

Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)

Nematollah Nassiri

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

Amir Pishdad

Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)

Abbas Aghelizadeh

Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Efraim Halevy

Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)

Jacobo Árbenz

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crew (57)

Abbas Kowsari

Additional Photography

Mehdi Hasani Bafrani

Sound Recordist

Vicente Franco

Additional Photography

Ben Richards

Additional Photography

Moslem Tehrani

Additional Photography

Julian Wilson

Sound Recordist

Simon Fanthorpe

Additional Photography

Giulia Cosentino

Researcher

Joseph Keppler

Sound Recordist

Glynis Robertson

Production Manager

Ali Amirani

Additional Photography

Garrett McDonald

Sound Recordist

Anna Wright

Foley Artist

Mark James

Additional Photography

Hai Le

Stunt Coordinator

Keith Branch

Sound Recordist

Martin Jensen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jim Goddard

Sound Effects Editor

Ines Sommer

Additional Photography

Hesam Eslami

Researcher

Emma Parsons

Production Manager

Paul Ensby

Colorist

Sean O'Neil

Sound Recordist

Elijah Brown

Grip

Declan Smith

Researcher

Rosemary Rotondi

Researcher

Gisela Evert

Post Production Supervisor

Salome Siavoshi

Researcher

Paul Gardner

Archival Footage Coordinator

Martyn Pick

Animation Director

Jon Wilcox

Executive Producer

Ali Amirani

Associate Producer

Neda Nobari

Executive Producer

Fateme Ahmadi

Associate Producer

Immy Humes

Associate Producer

Gerry Ohrstrom

Executive Producer

Robert Miller

Original Music Composer

Taghi Amirani

Producer

Ralph Fiennes

Thanks

Evelyn Franks

Associate Editor

Vince Knight

Director of Photography

Kelvin Johnson

Animation

Giulia Scrimieri

Costume Designer

Sharon Pinsker

Lead Animator

Ali Charmi

Animation

Ruhaniah Ahmed

Makeup Artist

Jason Kelvin

Art Direction

Taghi Amirani

Director

Taghi Amirani

Director of Photography

Taghi Amirani

Writer

Walter Murch

Editor

Walter Murch

Writer

Paul Zaentz

Producer

Ahmad Kiarostami

Co-Producer

Chris Morphet

Director of Photography

Claudia Raschke

Director of Photography

Amir Amirani

Co-Producer