Before the Revolution (2013)

Before the Revolution

2013

Documentary History

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.

Credits

Director

Dan Shadur

Cast

Bruce Laingen as Self

Ervand Abrahamian as Self

John Limbert as Self

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini as Self (archive footage)

Shadi Sadr as Self

Shaul Bakhash as Self

Zahra Eshraghi as Self