Teheran 43 | |
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Directed by | Alexander Alov, Vladimir Naumov |
Written by | Alexander Alov, Vladimir Naumov |
Starring | Natalya Belokhvostikova, Igor Kostolevsky, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Alain Delon, Claude Jade |
Music by | Georges Garvarentz, Mieczysław Weinberg |
Distributed by | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 192 minutes |
Countries | Soviet Union France Switzerland |
Languages | Russian French |
Box office | 47.5 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]