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Before the Revolution

"The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran."

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.

Top Cast

  • Ervand Abrahamian

    Ervand Abrahamian

    Self

  • Shaul Bakhash

    Shaul Bakhash

    Self

  • Zahra Eshraghi

    Zahra Eshraghi

    Self

  • Ruhollah Khomeini

    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Self (archive footage)

  • Bruce Laingen

    Bruce Laingen

    Self

  • John Limbert

    John Limbert

    Self

  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Shadi Sadr

    Shadi Sadr

    Self

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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