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  • Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)
  • 75 min | Documentary, History
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)
75 min | Documentary, History

The lavish party thrown by the Shah of Iran in 1971, which marked the break between the so-called 'king of kings' and the people of Iran he reigned over.
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Feb 14, 2016 (United Kingdom)

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47 cast members
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Arshin Abdi-Moghaddam
Self - Professor of Global Thought University of London Self - Professor of Global Thought University of London   See fewer
King Abdul Halim
Self (archive footage) (as King Abdul Halim of Malaysia) Self (archive footage) (as King Abdul Halim of Malaysia)   See fewer
Judy Judefind Agnew
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Spiro Agnew
Self - Vice-President of the USA (archive footage) Self - Vice-President of the USA (archive footage)   See fewer
Assadollah Alam
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Abdolreza Ansari
Self - Member, Organizing Committee Self - Member, Organizing Committee   See fewer
Ali Ansari
Self - Professor of Iranian History, University of St Andrews Self - Professor of Iranian History, University of St Andrews   See fewer
Elizabeth Antébi
Self - Reporter (as Elizabeth Antebi) Self - Reporter (as Elizabeth Antebi)   See fewer
Sultanah Bahiyah
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Self - President of Iran, 1980-81 (as Abolhassan Banisadr) Self - President of Iran, 1980-81 (as Abolhassan Banisadr)   See fewer
Nicolae Ceausescu
Self - President of Romania (archive footage) Self - President of Romania (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter J. Chelkowski
Self - Iranologist (as Peter Chelkowski) Self - Iranologist (as Peter Chelkowski)   See fewer
Farah Diba
The Shahbanu of Iran (archive footage) The Shahbanu of Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Bijan Dolatabodi
Self - Diplomat Self - Diplomat   See fewer
Dronning Ingrid
Self (archive footage) (as Queen Ingrid IV of Denmark) Self (archive footage) (as Queen Ingrid IV of Denmark)   See fewer
Dante Franzetti
Self - Head Barman Self - Head Barman   See fewer
Frederik IX
Self (archive footage) (as King Frederik IX of Denmark) Self (archive footage) (as King Frederik IX of Denmark)   See fewer
Parveneh Ghorbanian
Self - Lady in Waiting Self - Lady in Waiting   See fewer
Shahrokh Golestan
Self - Film Director Self - Film Director   See fewer
Talinn Grigor
Self - Associate Professor in Fine Arts, Brandeis University Self - Associate Professor in Fine Arts, Brandeis University   See fewer
Marcel Huder
Self - Waiter Self - Waiter   See fewer
Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage) (as Prince Rainier III & Princess Grace of Monaco) Self (archive footage) (as Prince Rainier III & Princess Grace of Monaco)   See fewer
Esmaeil Khataie
Self - Student Representative 1969-1971 Self - Student Representative 1969-1971   See fewer
King Baudouin
Self (archive footage) (as Prince Baudouin of Belgium) Self (archive footage) (as Prince Baudouin of Belgium)   See fewer
King Constantine II
Self (archive footage) (as King Frederik IV of Denmark) Self (archive footage) (as King Frederik IV of Denmark)   See fewer
King Hussein
Self (archive footage) (as King Hussein of Jordan) Self (archive footage) (as King Hussein of Jordan)   See fewer
King Olav V
Self (archive footage) (as King Olaf V of Norway) Self (archive footage) (as King Olaf V of Norway)   See fewer
Issa Malek
Self - Deputy Chief of Protocol Self - Deputy Chief of Protocol   See fewer
Imelda Marcos
Self - First Lady of the Philippines (archive footage) Self - First Lady of the Philippines (archive footage)   See fewer
Michel Menant
Self - Head Chef, Maxim's Self - Head Chef, Maxim's   See fewer
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Self (archive footage) (as Prince Rainier III & Princess Grace of Monaco) Self (archive footage) (as Prince Rainier III & Princess Grace of Monaco)   See fewer
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
The Shah of Iran (archive footage) (as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) The Shah of Iran (archive footage) (as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)   See fewer
Nikolai Podgorny
Self - President of the USSR (archive footage) Self - President of the USSR (archive footage)   See fewer
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Prince Philip
Self - Duke of Edinburgh (archive footage) Self - Duke of Edinburgh (archive footage)   See fewer
Sally Quinn
Self - Washington Post Self - Washington Post   See fewer
Haile Selassie
Self - Emperor of Ethiopia (archive footage) Self - Emperor of Ethiopia (archive footage)   See fewer
Suharto
Self - President of Indonesia (archive footage) Self - President of Indonesia (archive footage)   See fewer
Ludvík Svoboda
Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)   See fewer
Josip Broz Tito
Self - President of Yugoslavia (archive footage) (as Josip Tito) Self - President of Yugoslavia (archive footage) (as Josip Tito)   See fewer
Jovanka Tito
Self - First Lady of Yugoslavia (archive footage) Self - First Lady of Yugoslavia (archive footage)   See fewer
Oswald Toutsch
Self - Waiter Self - Waiter   See fewer
Barbara Walters
Reporter (archive footage) Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
Orson Welles
Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Elena Ceausescu
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Queen Anne-Marie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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