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Film / 2016
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
Directed by
Hassan Amini
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 story
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.
Cast
Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage)
Arshin Abdi-MoghaddamSelf
Ali AnsariSelf
Abdolreza AnsariSelf
Elizabeth AntébiSelf
Esmaeil KhataieSelf
Peter J. ChelkowskiSelf
Bijan DolatabodiSelf
Shahrokh GolestanSelf
Sally QuinnSelf
Michel MenantSelf
Dante FranzettiSelf
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Talinn GrigorSelf
Prince Michael of GreeceSelf
Oswald ToutschSelf
Marcel HuderSelf
Issa MalekSelf
Parveneh GhorbanianSelf
Abolhassan BanisadrSelf
Assadollah AlamSelf (archive footage)
Queen Farah Pahlavi Shahbanou Of IranSelf (archive footage)
Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf (archive footage)
Nikolai PodgornySelf (archive footage)
Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage)
Imelda MarcosSelf (archive footage)
SuhartoSelf (archive footage)
King Hussein of JordanSelf (archive footage)
Spiro AgnewSelf (archive footage)
Jovanka BrozSelf (archive footage)
Josip Broz TitoSelf (archive footage)
Ingrid of SwedenSelf (archive footage)
King Frederik IX of DenmarkSelf (archive footage)
Constantine II of GreeceSelf (archive footage)
Baudouin I of BelgiumSelf (archive footage)
Prince Bernhard of the NetherlandsSelf (archive footage)
Abdul Halim of KedahSelf (archive footage)
Ludvík SvobodaSelf (archive footage)
Nicolae CeaușescuSelf (archive footage)
King Olav VSelf (archive footage)
Prince Rainier III of MonacoSelf (archive footage)
Grace KellySelf (archive footage)
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghSelf (archive footage)
Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage)
Mohammad MosaddeghSelf (archive footage)
Orson WellesSelf (archive footage) (voice)
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