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Soraya

  • TV Movie
  • 2003
  • 3h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Soraya (2003)
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Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shahanshah Aryamehr, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shahanshah Aryamehr, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shahanshah Aryamehr, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.

  • Director
    • Lodovico Gasparini
  • Writers
    • Umberto Marino
    • Anna Samueli
    • Jacqueline Feather
  • Stars
    • Anna Valle
    • Erol Sander
    • Mathilda May
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    365
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lodovico Gasparini
    • Writers
      • Umberto Marino
      • Anna Samueli
      • Jacqueline Feather
    • Stars
      • Anna Valle
      • Erol Sander
      • Mathilda May
    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Anna Valle
    Anna Valle
    • Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari
    Erol Sander
    Erol Sander
    • Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Mathilda May
    Mathilda May
    • Chams
    Stoyan Aleksiev
    • Représentant anglais
    Anton Alexander
    Anton Alexander
    • Kim Roosevelt
    Sergio Ammirata
    • Iranian ambassador
    Atanass Atanassov
    • Metteur
    Donka Avramova
    • Ami de Soraya
    Jonis Bashir
    • Militaire de l'ambassade
    • (as Jonis Bascir)
    Enzo Marino Bellanich
    • Gen. Zahedi
    Claude Brasseur
    Claude Brasseur
    • Mossadeq
    Renato Campese
    • Doctor
    Ian Danby
    • American ambassador
    Antonio Dechent
    Antonio Dechent
    • Kalil Esfandiari Bakhtiari
    Marius Donkin
    • Prime Minister Razmara
    Michail Elenov
    • Achmed
    Luigi Grilli
    • Ambassadeur Russe
    Niki Iliev
    Niki Iliev
    • Director
      • Lodovico Gasparini
    • Writers
      • Umberto Marino
      • Anna Samueli
      • Jacqueline Feather
    • All cast & crew
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      Architecture of mosques looks like Arabic, not Iranian.

    User reviews7

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    6/10

    Persian is right to left, not left to right!

    In the film when the Shah signs a document in Persian, he does it from left to right, but Persian language is written from right to left! So a guf !

    I do not know why the director or the screenplay writer has replaced Princess Ashraf (the real sister of Mohammad Reza Shah) by a fabricated character named Princess Samira which has been cited in the film as the cousin of Shah.

    Another thing, the cloth of servants at Sadabad Palace is Turkish, not Persian.

    Anyway an entertaining film! :)
    • ddmehrabian7
    • Sep 27, 2015
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    • Release date
      • October 5, 2003 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Germany
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Soraja - shaahin valittu
    • Filming locations
      • Casablanca, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • EOS Entertainment
      • Lux Vide
      • Pampa Production
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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