Iran: Days of Crisis

It was a time when terror took control and the beating heart of a nation was help captive.

Original title: L'Amérique en otage

Duration: 240 min

Release date: 1991-09-30

IMDB

Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days.

Drama History

L'Amérique en otage

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as John Limbert

as Hamilton Jordan

as Parveneh Limbert

as Marine Sergeant

George Grizzard

George Grizzard

as Jimmy Carter

as Charles Jones

as Col. Tom Schaeffer

as Empress Farah

as Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Valérie Kaprisky

Valérie Kaprisky

Garfield Andrews

Garfield Andrews

Avraham Bar Oryan

Avraham Bar Oryan

as President's Secretary

Jonathon Breakstone

Jonathon Breakstone

as Marine Corporal

Jonathan Cherchi

Jonathan Cherchi

as Mrs. Rafsheedi

as Paul Costello

Richard Hardacre

Richard Hardacre

as Anita Schaeffer

as Professor Rafsheedi

as Lloyd Cuttler

Shoshi Marciano

Shoshi Marciano

as Woman Militant

as Dale Leibach

Graham McPherson

Graham McPherson

as Col Beckwith

as Iranian Captain

as National Security Advisor

George R. Robertson

George R. Robertson

as Secretary Cyrus Vance

as Shah's Advisor

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Associate Producer

Jacques Méthé

Executive Producer

Gerald Rafshoon

Gerald Rafshoon

Executive Producer

Boudjemaa Dahmane

Boudjemaa Dahmane

Executive Producer

Production Design

Supervising Producer

Danny ben Menahem

Danny ben Menahem

Location Manager

Danny ben Menahem

Danny ben Menahem

Production Manager

Director of Photography

Luciano Sacripanti

Luciano Sacripanti

Assistant Director

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