Teheran 43

Teheran 43
Soviet film poster
Directed byAlexander Alov,
Vladimir Naumov
Written byAlexander Alov,
Vladimir Naumov
StarringNatalya Belokhvostikova,
Igor Kostolevsky,
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan,
Alain Delon,
Claude Jade
Music byGeorges Garvarentz, Mieczysław Weinberg
Distributed byMosfilm
Release date
  • July 1981 (1981-07)
Running time
192 minutes
CountriesSoviet Union
France
Switzerland
LanguagesRussian
French
Box office47.5 million admissions (USSR)
94,335 admissions (France)

Teheran 43 (Russian: Тегеран-43; French: Téhéran 43, Nid d'espions) is a 1981 Soviet-French-Swiss political thriller film made by Mosfilm, Mediterraneo Cine and Pro Dis Film, directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. It is based on events around Operation Long Jump, the 1943 attempt by Nazi Germany to assassinate Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference.

The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1981 and had 47.5 million viewers. It won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981.[1]

  1. ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.