Stronger Than a Bullet
2017•1h 15m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.
Director
Maryam Ebrahimi
Writer
Maryam Ebrahimi, Jesper Osmund
Budget
$1M
Languages
Persian
Studio
Seconde Vague Productions
Cast
Saeid Sadeghi
Self - War Correspondent
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Production
Company
Seconde Vague Productions
Company
ARTE
Company
Nima Film
Company
SVT
Company
TVO
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