Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.
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Cast
| Anna Valle | ... |
Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari
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| Erol Sander | ... |
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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| Mathilda May | ... |
Chams
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Stoyan Aleksiev | ... |
Représentant anglais
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| Anton Alexander | ... |
Kim Roosevelt
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Sergio Ammirata | ... |
Iranian ambassador
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Atanass Atanassov | ... |
Metteur
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Donka Avramova | ... |
Ami de Soraya
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Jonis Bashir | ... |
Militaire de l'ambassade
(as Jonis Bascir)
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Enzo Marino Bellanich | ... |
Gen. Zahedi
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| Claude Brasseur | ... |
Mossadeq
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Renato Campese | ... |
Doctor
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Ian Danby | ... |
American ambassador
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| Antonio Dechent | ... |
Kalil Esfandiari Bakhtiari
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Marius Donkin | ... |
Prime Minister Razmara
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Michail Elenov | ... |
Achmed
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Luigi Grilli | ... |
Ambassadeur Russe
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Ivan Kirov | ... |
Colonel Nassiri
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Ventzislav Kisyov | ... |
Kashani
(as Ventzislav Kisiov)
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| Anja Kruse | ... |
Mother of Soraya
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Valerio Largo | ... |
Nobile di corte
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| Angus MacInnes | ... |
Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf
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Allan Caister Pearce | ... |
British ambassador
(as Allan Caister)
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Venelin Pekhlivanov | ... |
Hussein Ala
(as Venelin Pehlivanov)
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Giacomo Piperno | ... |
Dr. Ayadi
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| Michele Placido | ... |
Enrico Mattei
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Ina Popova | ... |
Laila
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| Sydne Rome | ... |
Forough
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Guido Roncalli | ... |
Ambassadeur Russe
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Carlo Sabatini | ... |
American ambassador, Rome
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| Krista Stadler | ... |
Mother of the Shah
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| Caterina Vertova | ... |
Samira
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| Marco Vivio | ... |
Bijan Esfandiari Bakhtiari
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| Shero Rauf | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Lodovico Gasparini | ||
Written by
| Umberto Marino | ... | (earlier teleplay) |
| Anna Samueli | ... | (additional material) |
| Jacqueline Feather | ... | (television story) & |
| David Seidler | ... | (television story) |
| Jacqueline Feather | ... | (teleplay) & |
| David Seidler | ... | (teleplay) |
Produced by
| Luca Bernabei | ... | producer |
| Matilde Bernabei | ... | producer |
| Till Derenbach | ... | executive producer: Germany |
| Ferdinand Dohna | ... | producer: EOS |
| Marco Giannoni | ... | line producer |
| Diloy Gülün | ... | consulting producer |
| Alexander Metodiev | ... | line producer |
| Anselmo Parrinello | ... | executive producer |
| Fania Petrocchi | ... | producer: RAI (as Fanio Petrocchi) |
| Nicolas Traube | ... | producer |
| Gernot Valendzik | ... | producer: Germany |
Music by
| Andrea Guerra | ||
Cinematography by
| Fabio Zamarion | ||
Editing by
| Antonio Siciliano | ||
Editorial Department
| Antonella Esposito | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Alessandro Pelliccia | ... | color timer |
| Federico Stanisci | ... | first assistant editor |
| Simon Tomassetti | ... | second assistant editor |
Casting By
| Françoise Menidrey | ||
| Simona Tartaglia | ||
| Cornelia von Braun | ||
| Jeremy Zimmermann | ... | (as Jeremy Zimmerman) |
Production Design by
| Paolo Biagetti | ||
Costume Design by
| Doriana Kebedzhieva | ||
| Elisabetta Montaldo | ||
Makeup Department
| Carlo Barucci | ... | hair stylist |
| Italo Di Pinto | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Lizzy Dietrich | ... | hair stylist: Germany |
| Fiona Franke | ... | makeup artist: Germany |
| Stefanie Fürst | ... | hair stylist: Germany |
| Elke Hahn | ... | makeup artist: Germany |
| Enrico Iacoponi | ... | makeup artist |
| René Jordan | ... | makeup artist: Germany |
| Arturo Montoro | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Nadia Rosati | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Rosabella Russo | ... | key makeup artist |
| Hendrik Wolf | ... | hair stylist: Germany |
Production Management
| Franco Casellato | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Franco Coduti | ... | production manager: second unit |
| Marco Giannoni | ... | production manager |
| Anouschka Hass | ... | assistant production supervisor: Germany |
| Skipper Norden | ... | production supervisor: Germany |
| Lamberti Sagliano Renato | ... | unit manager (as Renato Lamberti) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Nicola Barnaba | ... | second unit director |
| Victor Bojinov | ... | first assistant director: second unit |
| Gilles Cannatella | ... | second assistant director |
| Camillo Esposito | ... | assistant director |
| Luca Lachin | ... | assistant director |
| Antony Tanev | ... | second assistant director: second unit |
Art Department
| Barbara Cicero | ... | assistant production designer: Italy |
| Vincenzo De Stefano | ... | upholsterer |
| Agatino Fonti | ... | props |
| Gabriel Georgiev | ... | property master |
| Orlin Grozdanov | ... | stand-by props |
| Tamara Marini | ... | assistant production designer |
| Oliver Munck | ... | painter: Germany |
| Pietro Petri | ... | construction crew |
| Nikolay Popov | ... | props (as Nikolai Popov) |
| Ivan Ranghelov | ... | assistant production designer |
| Borislav Rizov | ... | leadman |
| Giancarlo Sensidoni | ... | painter |
| Antonio Tarolla | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Paolo Amici | ... | sound effects editor |
| Roberto Arcangeli | ... | foley artist |
| Ivanco Casoni | ... | dubbing editor |
| Francesco Cucinelli | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Ettore Mancini | ... | boom operator |
| Ezio Marcorin | ... | sound effects editor |
| Marco Marinelli | ... | sound effects editor |
| Umberto Montesanti | ... | sound |
| Enrico Pellegrini | ... | sound editor |
| Daniele Quadroli | ... | sound effects editor |
| David Quadroli | ... | sound effects editor |
| Fabrizio Quadroli | ... | sound effects editor |
| Krasimir Shtabekov | ... | sound |
| Marco Streccioni | ... | sound engineer |
Special Effects by
| Trayan Brankov | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Amedeo Califano | ... | digital artist |
| Emanuele Comotti | ... | digital artist |
| Maurizio Corrado | ... | digital artist |
| Stefano Marinoni | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Alessandro Ongaro | ... | digital artist |
| Ivan Parillo | ... | digital artist |
| Riccardo Russo | ... | digital artist |
| Ivan Tozzi | ... | on-line editor |
| Paola Trisoglio | ... | visual effects producer |
Stunts
| Asen Asenov | ... | stunts |
| Krasimir Simeonov | ... | stunts |
| Stanimir Stamatov | ... | stunts |
| Teodor Tzolov | ... | stunts (as Teodor Tsolov) |
| Massimiliano Ubaldi | ... | stunt coordinator / stunts: second unit (as Massimilano Ubaldi) |
| Raicho Vasilev | ... | stunt performer |
| Kaloian Vodenicharov | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Alessandro Cardelli | ... | electrician |
| Fabrizio Cardelli | ... | electrician |
| Marco Carosi | ... | director of photography: second unit |
| Alessandro Colini | ... | grip |
| Robin Eberspacher | ... | assistant camera |
| Antonello Emidi | ... | assistant camera |
| Claudio Frollano | ... | gaffer |
| Mihail Kotev | ... | assistant camera |
| Aurelio Langella | ... | grip |
| Fabio Lovino | ... | still photographer |
| Ermanno Lubich | ... | assistant camera |
| Roberto Luzi | ... | camera operator |
| Luca Martis | ... | electrician |
| Umberto Montiroli | ... | still photographer |
| Yakoubi Nordine | ... | grip |
| Roberto Pecci | ... | key grip |
| Sergio Rossi | ... | grip |
| Luigi Spaccatini | ... | grip |
| Olly 'Dolly' Thönissen | ... | grip: Germany |
| Konstantin Vladimirov | ... | electrician |
| Marius von Felbert | ... | grip: Germany |
| Noël Véry | ... | camera operator |
Casting Department
| Nunzia Esposito | ... | extras casting assistant |
| Françoise Menidrey | ... | casting: France |
| Simona Tartaglia | ... | casting: Italy |
| Cornelia von Braun | ... | casting: Germany |
| Jeremy Zimmermann | ... | casting: UK (as Jeremy Zimmerman) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Alessandra Carta | ... | assistant costumer |
| Pamela Fontinovo | ... | assistant costumer |
| Nika Geneva | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Irena Maximova Kirkova | ... | on-set costumer |
| Ani Vladimirova | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Anna Gelinova | ... | additional wardrobe assistant (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Simona Prosperi | ... | location manager: Bulgaria, Morocco |
Music Department
| Damiano Antinori | ... | assistant scoring engineer |
| Luca Salvadori | ... | orchestrator |
| Marco Streccioni | ... | music recorded and mixed by |
| Dave Tinsley | ... | music editor |
Transportation Department
| Khalid Ameskane | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
| Laurence Bachman | ... | fiction director: FR2 |
| Rachel Mary Blasi | ... | production secretary |
| Luisa Cotta Ramosino | ... | story editor |
| Saverio D'Ercole | ... | story editor |
| Zouhair El Fassi | ... | accountant (as Zouhar El Fassi) |
| Véronique Hallu | ... | press attache |
| Emanuela Loreti | ... | production coordinator |
| Marie-Hélène Losada | ... | fiction director: FR2 (as Marie-Hélène Humbert-Losada) |
| Antonino Mosciarello | ... | accountant supervisor |
| Peter Nikolov | ... | armorer / armourer |
| Michaela Redjai | ... | production coordinator: Germany |
| Lea Tafuri | ... | story editor |
| Mark Thompson-Ashworth | ... | dialogue coach (as Mark Ashworth) |
| Jean-Jacques Vannier | ... | press attache |
| Nasko Vulev | ... | interpreter |
| Elitsa Vutova | ... | production staff |
| Paolo Buglioni | ... | voice dubbing: Antonio Dechent (uncredited) |
| Chiara Colizzi | ... | voice dubbing: Mathilda May (uncredited) |
| Stefano De Sando | ... | voice dubbing: Claude Brasseur (uncredited) |
| Roberto Pedicini | ... | voice dubbing: Erol Sander (uncredited) |
| Emanuela Rossi | ... | voice dubbing: Anja Kruse (uncredited) |
| Rita Savagnone | ... | voice dubbing: Krista Stadler (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- EOS Entertainment (co-production)
- Lux Vide
- Pampa Production
- Rai Fiction
- TV5MONDE
Distributors
- Bitelli Films (2024) (Mexico) (video)
- Film Production Partner (2022) (Germany) (video)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- SIF 309 Film Music (film score recording)
- Sud Ovest Records (music production)
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