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Charles Aznavour sings while Nazis plot to kill FDR, Stalin AND Churchill — Soviet spy thriller chaos.
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Teheran '43 (1981)

Cold War glamEuro pulp prestigeassassination bingo

Overview

ActionDramaThriller

This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.

Flag of SUSURussian
Content warning
paris, francenew york citynazilondon, englandfranklin delano rooseveltassassinationtime frameteheran (tehran), iranjoseph stalinagent+3 more
failed empire and aging evillove across enemy linesthe unreliability of memorypolitical theater vs. real violence

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Glossy 80s lensing of 1943 Tehran — pure aesthetic delusion.

Score

Charles Aznavour's theme song hits harder than the plot.

Acting

Alain Delon sleepwalking through a Soviet production — fascinating.

Best for:Solo: Late night, wine, embrace the 192-minute commitment.·Rewatch: Spot the Soviet propaganda buried in the soap opera.
Heads up:Violence: Assassination attempts, shootings, some torture sequences.
Aleksandr Alov

Director

Aleksandr Alov

ReleasedJul 8, 1981
Runtime3h 12m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Méditerranée Cinéma
Mosfilm

Top Cast

Igor Kostolevskiy

Igor Kostolevskiy

Andrei Borodin «Andre»

Natalya Belokhvostikova

Natalya Belokhvostikova

Marie Louni / Nathalie Louni

Alain Delon

Alain Delon

Georges Foch - police inspector

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

Legrain - lawyer

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Max Richard - killer

Albert Filozov

Albert Filozov

Scherner - nazi

Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Ermolin - resident of the NKGB USSR

Georges Géret

Georges Géret

Dennis Pew

Claude Jade

Claude Jade

Francoise

Gleb Strizhenov

Gleb Strizhenov

Gerard Simon - lawyer

Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Innkeeper - resident of the NKGB USSR

Nartai Begalin

Nartai Begalin

Naphtai - driver-soviet agent

Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn

terrorist on airplane

Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall

terrorist on airplane

Abesalom Loria

Abesalom Loria

Yuzbashi - ropeman

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Deep Dive

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Cultural

A rare Soviet-French-Italian co-production during the Cold War, bridging propaganda and Euro star power.

Trivia

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, who plays Max, became one of Russia's most beloved actors — this was his international breakout.

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