| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ahmad Kiarostami | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
Claudia Raschke | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Immy Humes | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
Joseph Keppler | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Paul Zaentz | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Ralph Fiennes | Crew | Crew | Thanks |
Robert Miller | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Sean O'Neil | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Simon Fanthorpe | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Vicente Franco | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
 Walter Murch | Crew | Writing | Writer, Editor |
Gisela Evert | Crew | Crew | Post Production Supervisor |
Martin Jensen | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Amir Amirani | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
Emma Parsons | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
Martyn Pick | Crew | Visual Effects | Animation Director |
Declan Smith | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Chris Morphet | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Paul Ensby | Crew | Editing | Colorist |
Jim Goddard | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
 Giulia Scrimieri | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Designer |
Anna Wright | Crew | Sound | Foley Artist |
Paul Gardner | Crew | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator |
 Vince Knight | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Fateme Ahmadi | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
Ines Sommer | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Keith Branch | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
 Taghi Amirani | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer |
Rosemary Rotondi | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Gerry Ohrstrom | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Ben Richards | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Garrett McDonald | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Hai Le | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
Jason Kelvin | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Neda Nobari | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Giulia Cosentino | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Mark James | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Glynis Robertson | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
Hesam Eslami | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Julian Wilson | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Kelvin Johnson | Crew | Visual Effects | Animation |
Salome Siavoshi | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Sharon Pinsker | Crew | Visual Effects | Lead Animator |
Ali Amirani | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography, Associate Producer |
Abbas Kowsari | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Mehdi Hasani Bafrani | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Evelyn Franks | Crew | Editing | Associate Editor |
Ruhaniah Ahmed | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Elijah Brown | Crew | Camera | Grip |
Moslem Tehrani | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Jon Wilcox | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Ali Charmi | Crew | Visual Effects | Animation |
 Bernie Sanders | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Donald Trump | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Frank Reynolds | Cast | Actor | Self - Anchorman (archive footage) |
 Harry S. Truman | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Jacobo Árbenz | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Jimmy Carter | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Joseph McCarthy | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Ralph Fiennes | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire |
 Richard Nixon | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Walter Murch | Cast | Actor | Self - Film Editor |
 Winston Churchill | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Chris Morphet | Cast | Actor | Self - Cameraman |
 Mohammad Mosaddegh | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari | Cast | Actress | Self - Queen Consort (archive footage) |
Ervand Abrahamian | Cast | Self - Writer | |
Andrew Goddard | Cast | Loyal Guard | |
Kane Morrell | Cast | Colonel Nassiri | |
 David Owen | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician |
 Ruhollah Khomeini | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Taghi Amirani | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker |
Malcolm Byrne | Cast | Self - Researcher | |
 David Talbot | Cast | Actor | Self - Writer |
Stephen Kinzer | Cast | Self - Writer | |
 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran | Cast | Actor | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Abolhassan Banisadr | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Alison Rooper | Cast | Actress | Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher |
Stephen Dorril | Cast | Self - Writer | |
Nasrollah Fatemi | Cast | Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage) | |
Efraim Halevy | Cast | Self - Mossad Head (archive footage) | |
Adbolzahra Baghlani | Cast | Self - Former Gardener | |
Fereydoun Azarnour | Cast | Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) | |
Frank Soskice | Cast | Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage) | |
Humphry Trevelyan | Cast | Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman | |
Nematollah Nassiri | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
George Middleton | Cast | Self - British Official (archive footage) | |
Shapour Bakhtiar | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Stephen Meade | Cast | Self - CIA Agent (archive footage) | |
Peter Ramsbotham | Cast | Self - British Official (archive footage) | |
Joe Addison | Cast | Self - Lawyer (archive footage) | |
Peter Avery | Cast | Self - Teacher (archive footage) | |
Rameza Mahsani | Cast | Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain | |
Abol-Ghasem Kashani | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Basil Jackson | Cast | Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage) | |
Abbas Aghelizadeh | Cast | Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) | |
Mehdi Homayouni | Cast | Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage) | |
Donald Logan | Cast | Self - British Official (archive footage) | |
Ahmad Djalili | Cast | Self - Photojournalist | |
Esmail Yazdi | Cast | Self - Mossadegh's Doctor | |
Richard Cottam | Cast | Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) | |
John Foster Dulles | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Haj Habib | Cast | Self - Butcher | |
Fazlollah Zahedi | Cast | Self - Army General (archive footage) | |
George McGhee | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Nigel Hawkes | Cast | Self - Journalist (voice) | |
Julian Amery | Cast | Self - Politician (archive footage) | |
Ardeshir Zahedi | Cast | Self - Former Politician | |
Alireza Saheb | Cast | Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage) | |
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran | Cast | Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage) | |
Mousa Mehran | Cast | Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard | |
Henry Grady | Cast | Self - US Diplomat (archive footage) | |
Fouad Rouhani | Cast | Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage) | |
Amir Pishdad | Cast | Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage) | |
Eric Drake | Cast | Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage) | |
Mark Anderson | Cast | Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice) | |
Kermit Roosevelt | Cast | Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) | |
Farhad Diba | Cast | Self - Mossadegh's Nephew | |
Hamid Ahmadi | Cast | Self - Researcher | |
Abdolmajid Bayat | Cast | Self - Mossadegh's Grandson | |
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi | Cast | Self - Historian | |
Sam Falle | Cast | Self - British Official (archive footage) | |
Ghobad Fakhimi | Cast | Self - Former Oil Engineer | |
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