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Der Schah und der Ayatollah
Film / 2019

Der Schah und der Ayatollah

Directed by Holger Preuße
DocumentaryHistory

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

In 1979, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, revolution broke out in Iran and overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This event marks the end of a two and a half thousand year old monarchy. This documentary retraces the lives of these two enemies who clashed for more than thirty years, from the Shah's rise to power in the 1940s until his fall.

The story

In 1979, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, revolution broke out in Iran and overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This event marks the end of a two and a half thousand year old monarchy. This documentary retraces the lives of these two enemies who clashed for more than thirty years, from the Shah's rise to power in the 1940s until his fall.

Cast

Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf (archive footage) Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage) Bianca DevosSelf Amir TaheriSelf Abbas MilaniSelf Bahman NirumandSelf Queen Farah Pahlavi Shahbanou Of IranSelf Abolhassan BanisadrSelf Hans FriderichsSelf

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