The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution

(2019)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 22 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2019

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: Germany, Poland

Director: Andreas Hoessli

Cast: Negar Tahsili, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Parviz Rafie, Tadeusz Chętko, Mohsen Rafiqdoost, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski, Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Józef Pinior, Stefan Piwowar, Jacek Petrycki

Plot

In 1979, a revolution in Iran. In 1980, a revolution in Poland. The fall of the Shah, the “King of Kings,” in Iran. Mass strikes and the foundation of Solidarność (Solidarity) in Poland. What was in the minds of the young women and men who fomented revolution in their own country? What did they think when their revolution was quelled, or – as in Iran – an authoritarian regime was instituted under the name of an “Islamic Republic”?