Teheran ’43 (1981): Cast & Plot
Teheran ’43 is a 1981 action thriller directed by Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov, starring Igor Kostolevskiy as Andrei Borodin «Andre», Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Claude Jade. It runs 3 hours 12 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 3h 12m (192 min)
- Directors
- Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov
- Original language
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Russian - Studio
- Méditerranée Cinéma
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Teheran ’43 About?
The premise of Teheran ’43 without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
In 1980 Paris, Soviet agent Andrei Borodin recalls his 1943 mission at the Tehran summit, where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met. A Nazi officer ordered German agent Max Richard to assassinate the leaders, but Andrei’s action stopped the plot. Decades later the captured Nazi, freed by terrorists, hunts Max, who is hidden by Frenchwoman Françoise.
Teheran ’43 Themes & Keywords
· 42 tags- world war two
- conference
- terrorism
- attempted assassination
- reference to winston churchill
- reference to franklin d. roosevelt
- reference to joseph stalin
- tehran iran
- iran
- world leader
- year 1943
- big three
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- allies
- flashback
- murder
- attempted murder
- investigation
- paris france
- german spy
- nazi spy
- year 1980
- military
- punctuation in title
- police investigation
- two word title
- soviet era
- soviet union
- flash forward
- failure
- 20th century
- western asia
- assassination attempt
- persia
- asia
- tehran conference
- west asia
- 1980s
- 1940s
- place name in title
- betrayal
- attack
- number in title
Teheran ’43 Cast & Characters
Igor Kostolevskiy leads the cast as Andrei Borodin «Andre», with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Max Richard - killer and Claude Jade as Francoise. Directed by Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov; 71 actors are credited in all.
- Co-director Vladimir Naumov
- Co-director Aleksandr Alov
- Igor Kostolevskiy as Andrei Borodin «Andre»
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Max Richard - killer
- Claude Jade as Francoise
- Albert Filozov as Scherner - nazi
Also Starring in Teheran ’43
· 67 more- Curd Jürgens Legrain - lawyer
- Leonid Nedovich gentleman at the funeral
- Gleb Strizhenov Gerard Simon - lawyer
- Leonid Dovlatov Max Richard's liaison
- Georges Géret Dennis Pew
- Alain Delon Georges Foch - police inspector
- Aleksandr Sazhin photographer
- Arutyun Akopyan Mustafa - photographer
- Natalya Belokhvostikova Marie Louni/Nathalie Louni
- Georgy Saakyan Joseph Stalin
- Mairbek Tsikhiyev Winston Churchill
- Aleksei Zadachin Franklin Roosevelt
- Evelyne Kraft Jill - Johnson's false secretary
- Jacques Roux mr. Johnson
- Vladimir Basov taxi driver
- Jess Hahn terrorist on airplane
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- Nikolay Grinko Ermolin - resident of the NKGB USSR
- Guy Delorme Foche's murderer - hired killer
- Baadur Tsuladze Deryush - son of murdered Iranian
- Vsevolod Sanayev Innkeeper - resident of the NKGB USSR
- Nikolay Gorlov airplane passenger
- Mike Marshall terrorist on airplane
- Jacques Pisias passerby on the Champs Elysees
- Roland Malet investigator with Inspector Foche
- Aleksandr Yanvaryov terrorist
- Andrey Yurenev soviet officer
- Igor Klass british military officer
- Ruslan Mikaberidze terrorist
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky Dr. Hans Denker
- Abesalom Loria Yuzbashi - ropeman
- Yuriy Sokolov captain of the Medical Service
- Nartai Begalin Naphtai - driver-soviet agent
- Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso Tehranian
- Alasgar Mammadoglu ropeman
- Dmitri Matveyev employee of the Moscow Institute
- Daniel Darnault taxi driver
- Yelena Dobronravova mademoiselle Heral - Legrain's secretary
- Nodar Shashigoglu doctor
- Igor Godlevskiy airplane passenger
- Mikheil Kherkheulidze greek - antique dealer
- Farhad Huseynov iranian
- Anatoliy Sakhnovskiy airplane passenger
- Aleksandr Andrienko
- Natalya Naumova Francoise as child
- Aleksandr Abramov medic
- Nikolay Ryabkov dancer
- Hans-Dieter Schlegel butcher
- Vladimir Shcheglov killer
- Viktor Gajnov
- Georgy Zholud
- Nikolai Simkin commander of the US Air Force
- Cheslav Sushkevich tramp - Borodin's agent
- Galina Levchenko airplane passenger
- Yevgeniy Kazakov связист
- Yuri Baliyev
- Musa Dudayev
- Valeriy Lushchevskiy
- Andrey Stankevich Roosevelt's secretary
- Aleksandr Mikulin hired killer
- Mobil Ahmadov look-alike
- Fatima Gusejnova young woman
- Grigori Dunayev Dyomin
- Yuri Kvyatkovskiy
- Jamila Atayeva
- Dmitriy Krotman
- Valeriy Danilin
- Valeriy Ponarin
More from Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov
More films directed by Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov: The Legend of Till, The Flight, Peace to Him Who Enters and Pavel Korchagin.
Teheran ’43 Plot Summary
What happens in Teheran ’43 from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Teheran 43 opens in 1980 Paris, where the memories of a conflicted agent begin to surface and pull the story back to a world torn by war. The narrative follows a seasoned Nazi assassin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Max Richard, who 37 years earlier received a commission to strike at the heart of the Allied leadership during the Tehran Conference. In the present, Max hides with a young Parisian woman, Françoise, Claude Jade, who shelters him while a dangerous game unfolds around his past. Max trusts Françoise, but a second, darker thread threads through the tale: another Nazi operative, Albert Filozov as Scherner, is intent on tracking him down because the assassinations he failed to execute still haunt them both.
Full summary
The whole story of Teheran ’43, scene by scene
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Teheran ’43 Also Known As
14 alternative titles, including “Assassination Attempt” and “Teheran 43: Spy Ring”.
- Also known as
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- Assassination Attempt
- Teheran 43: Spy Ring
- Teheran 43 - Killer sind immer unterwegs
- Teheran 43
- 테헤란 43
- Killer sind immer unterwegs
- Тегеран 43
- Téhéran 43, nid d'espions
- Nido di spie
- Техеран'43
- 德黑兰43年
- Teherán 43, თეირანი-43
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- Niu d’espies: Teheran 43
- 德黑蘭 43 年
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Teheran ’43 FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Teheran ’43, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Teheran ’43?
Teheran ’43 runs 3 hours 12 minutes (192 minutes).
When was Teheran ’43 released?
Teheran ’43 was released on July 8, 1981.
Who directed Teheran ’43?
Teheran ’43 was directed by Vladimir Naumov and Aleksandr Alov.
More films by Vladimir Naumov Who is in the cast of Teheran ’43?
Teheran ’43 stars Igor Kostolevskiy as Andrei Borodin «Andre», Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Max Richard - killer and Claude Jade as Francoise, among 71 credited actors.
Does Teheran ’43 have a post-credit scene?
No. Teheran ’43 has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Teheran ’43 in?
The original language of Teheran ’43 is Russian.
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