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.

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  Dan Shadur

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  Ervand Abrahamian
  Self
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  Shaul Bakhash
  Self
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  Zahra Eshraghi
  Self
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  Ruhollah Khomeini
  Self (archive footage)
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  Bruce Laingen
  Self
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  John Limbert
  Self
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  Ronald Reagan
  Self (archive footage)
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  Shadi Sadr
  Self