Teheran '43 (1981)
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.
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Aleksandr Alov, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Igor Kostolevskiy, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Alain Delon, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Igor Kostolevskiy
as Andrei Borodin «Andre»
Natalya Belokhvostikova
as Marie Louni / Nathalie Louni
Alain Delon
as Georges Foch - police inspector
Curd Jürgens
as Legrain - lawyer
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
as Max Richard - killer
Albert Filozov
as Scherner - nazi
Mykola Hrynko
as Ermolin - resident of the NKGB USSR
Georges Géret
as Dennis Pew
Claude Jade
as Francoise
Gleb Strizhenov
as Gerard Simon - lawyer
Vsevolod Sanayev
as Innkeeper - resident of the NKGB USSR
Nartai Begalin
as Naphtai - driver-soviet agentCinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 192 min |
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