Before the Revolution (2013)
לפני המהפכה
The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran.
A documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The director, whose family was in Tehran at the time, uses rare archive materials to illustrate how thousands of Israelis, who enjoyed unusual affinity with the Shah's regime, wake up one morning to find their paradise vanished.
- Date of release
- 2013-01-01
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Dan Shadur
Casting
- Ervand Abrahamian — Self
- Shaul Bakhash — Self
- Zahra Eshraghi — Self
- Ruhollah Khomeini — Self (archive footage)
- Bruce Laingen — Self
- John Limbert — Self
- Ronald Reagan — Self (archive footage)
- Shadi Sadr — Self
Interesting facts
Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts is a nonfiction book-length scholarly history written by Daniel K. Richter and published by Belknap Press in May 2013. It covers the stages of North America's deep historical roots well before the American Revolution, theorizing that these stages shaped recent history and the present. The book is divided into six major sections: "Progenitors," "Conquistadors," "Traders," "Planters," "Imperialists," and "Atlanteans".
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