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Der Schah und der Ayatollah (2019)

Der Schah und der Ayatollah (2019)

History Documentary
Release Date: 2019, November 20
Directors: Holger Preuße
Countries: Germany
Production: neue artfilm, WDR, SWR
Cast: Ruhollah Khomeini, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Overview:

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.