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

Made an impact on me at 15.

I am US born and raised. However at age 15 I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was exposed to many items not available in the US. I remember taking Soviet made vitamins and there were some Cuban products that my family purchased at the supermarket. I also saw quite a few foreign movies and Tegeran-43, which came out on the big screen in Mexico in 1983, made a very impressionable impact on me.

In particular, the music (score) used in the movie seemed to add to the drama and emotion drawn on by the actors. The plot that was going to be used to assassinate the big three was better than any James Bond movie plot I had seen to that date.

I have casually looked for this movie here in the US for about ten years now but have never found it. I hope that now in today's DVD era, this movie becomes available or is available and I just haven't found it.