Stronger Than a Bullet

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.

Cast

Saeid Sadeghi

Self - War Correspondent

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crew

Axelle Schatz

Editor

Sébastien Saadoun

Assistant Editor

Maryam Ebrahimi

Writer

Christophe de Pinho

Sound Mixer

Zare Zahraie

Still Photographer

Jesper Osmund

Writer

Maryam Ebrahimi

Researcher

Mehdi Memarpuri

Production Assistant

Jess Wolfsberg

Sound Engineer

Maryam Ebrahimi

Director

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