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Before the Revolution

Before the Revolution

Dan Shadur

2013

  • Documentary
  • History
7.7

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.

Cast & crew

  • Dan ShadurDirector
  • Ervand AbrahamianSelf
  • Shaul BakhashSelf
  • Zahra EshraghiSelf
  • Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf (archive footage)
  • Bruce LaingenSelf
  • John LimbertSelf
  • Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
  • Shadi SadrSelf

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