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Teheran '43

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1981 | 192 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved The Bourne Ultimatum or Munich, start here.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Epic and sweeping, at 3 hr 12 min.
What might put you off
  • It's long: 3 hr 12 min.
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 13K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov

  • Igor KostolevskiyAndrei Borodin «Andre»
  • Natalya BelokhvostikovaMarie Louni / Nathalie Louni
  • Alain DelonGeorges Foch - police inspector
  • Curd JürgensLegrain - lawyer
  • Armen DzhigarkhanyanMax Richard - killer
  • Albert FilozovScherner - nazi
  • Mykola HrynkoErmolin - resident of the NKGB USSR
  • Georges GéretDennis Pew
  • Claude JadeFrancoise
  • Gleb StrizhenovGerard Simon - lawyer