- Nov 20, 2019
- 53 min
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Full-HD
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.
Category
Country
Germany
Companies
neue artfilm
WDR
SWR
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self (archive footage)
Bianca Devos
Self
Amir Taheri
Self
Abbas Milani
Self
Bahman Nirumand
Self
Farah Pahlavi
Self
Abolhassan Banisadr
Self
