Before the Revolution

Name: Before the Revolution
Rating: 7.7

The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran.

Not Rated Documentary History

Starring: Ervand Abrahamian, Shaul Bakhash, Zahra Eshraghi, Ruhollah Khomeini, Bruce Laingen

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
January 1, 2013

Ratings:
7.7 / 10

Director:
Dan Shadur

Companies:
N/A

Overview

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.

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