Tegeran-43 (1981)
Directed by Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov

Action / Thriller / War
aka: Assassination Attempt

Film Synopsis

In 1980, Soviet agent Andrei Borodin looks back to 1943, when he played a crucial role in thwarting a carefully calculated attempt by the Germans to assassinate the Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt at the Teheran Conference.  Thirty-seven years on, Max Richard, the Nazi agent who failed to carry out the assassinations, is in hiding, with another Nazi, Scherner, determined to find him and punish him for his failure.  Max is presently living with a young Parisian woman named Françoise, and is blissfully unaware that his supposed protector is in fact in league with his ruthless pursuer...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
  • Script: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Mikhail Shatrov
  • Cinematographer: Valentin Zheleznyakov
  • Music: Georges Garvarentz, Moisey Vaynberg
  • Cast: Natalya Belokhvostikova (Marie Louni), Curd Jürgens (Maître Legraine), Igor Kostolevskiy (Andre Ilytch), Claude Jade (Françoise), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (Max Richard), Georges Géret (Dennis Pew), Albert Filozov (Scherner), Alain Delon (Inspector Georges Roche), Nikolay Grinko (Hermolin), Mike Marshall (First Terrorist), Gleb Strizhenov (Simon), Jess Hahn (Second Terrorist), Jacques Roux (Mr.Johnson), Evelyne Kraft (False Secretary), Natalya Naumova (Françoise as Child), Vladimir Basov (Interrogator), Nartai Begalin (Naphtai, the driver), Guy Delorme (One of the murderers of Roche), Yelena Dobronravova (Legraine's Assistant), Grigori Dunayev (Demin)
  • Country: Soviet Union / France / Switzerland / Spain
  • Language: Russian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 155 min
  • Aka: Assassination Attempt ; Teheran 43: Spy Ring

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