Before the Revolution
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.
Cast
Ervand Abrahamian
as Self
Shaul Bakhash
as Self
Zahra Eshraghi
as Self
Ruhollah Khomeini
as Self (archive footage)
Bruce Laingen
as Self
John Limbert
as Self
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Shadi Sadr
as Self