Der Schah und der Ayatollah (2019)
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.
- Date of release
- 2019-11-20
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Holger Preuße
Casting
- Ruhollah Khomeini — Self (archive footage)
- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi — Self (archive footage)
- Bianca Devos — Self
- Amir Taheri — Self
- Abbas Milani — Self
- Bahman Nirumand — Self
- Queen Farah Pahlavi Shahbanou Of Iran — Self
- Abolhassan Banisadr — Self
- Hans Friderichs — Self
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