Assassination Attempt (1981)
"Tegeran-43" (original title)

Alain Delon and Claude Jade stars in this Soviet movie: Documents reveal in 1980 that the Germans planned to kill the Big Three in Teheran in 1943.

Directors:

Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov

Writers:

Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov,

Stars:

Natalya Belokhvostikova, Curd Jürgens, Igor Kostolevskiy

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
Natalya Belokhvostikova	...	Marie Louni / Nathalie (as Natacha Belokhvostikova)
Curd Jürgens	...	Maître Legraine
Igor Kostolevskiy	...	Andre Ilytch
Claude Jade	...	Françoise
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan	...	Max Richard (as Armen Djigarkhanian)
Georges Géret	...	Dennis Pew
Albert Filozov	...	Scherner
Alain Delon	...	Inspector Georges Roche
Nikolay Grinko	...	Hermolin (as Nicolas Grinko)
Mike Marshall	...	First Terrorist
Gleb Strizhenov	...	Simon (as Glebe Strijenov)
Jess Hahn	...	Second Terrorist
Jacques Roux	...	Mr.Johnson
Evelyne Kraft	...	False Secretary
Natalya Naumova	...	Françoise as Child (as Natasha Naumov)

Storyline

This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin (Igor Kostolevsky), 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 (Armen Dzhigarkhanian) 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 (Natalia Belokhvostikova), 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 (Claude Jade), a young French woman, who hides him. He trusts her and shows her all the documents. Max don't know, that Françoise works for the ...

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Plot Keywords:

betrayal | world war two | terrorism | conference | place name in title | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Crime | Romance | Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union France Switzerland

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

8 July 1981 (France)

Also Known As:

Teheran 43: Spy Ring

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mediterráneo Cine, Mosfilm, Pro Dis Film AG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Evelyne Kraft's last film.

User Reviews

Faboulous acting

I regonized the faboulous acting between the russian and the western actors like the italian recensent. The Match between Belokhvostikova (Maries daughter Nathalie) and Alain Delon (Foche, who dies too early)in the Taxi and on the street or the suspensefull relation between Dzhigarkhanian (the old killer) and Claude Jade(Francoise), when Max trusts Francoise again and again - till he's killed and now she's full of scrupel during the Interrogatory by Curt Jurgens. Excellent also the score "Une vie d'amour".