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Before the Revolution

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Before the Revolution

The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran.

7.7

0h 54m

2013

“The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Dan Shadur

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Cast & Crew

Ervand Abrahamian

as Self

Shaul Bakhash

as Self

Zahra Eshraghi

as Self

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

as Self (archive footage)

Bruce Laingen

as Self

John Limbert

as Self

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Shadi Sadr

as Self

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