Stronger Than a Bullet

75 mins
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.

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)

Sébastien Saadoun

Assistant Editor

Zare Zahraie

Still Photographer

Maryam Ebrahimi

Researcher

Mehdi Memarpuri

Production Assistant

Jess Wolfsberg

Sound Engineer

Bruni Burres

Consulting Producer

Zare Zahraie

Director of Photography

Sébastien Saadoun

Director of Photography

Nima Sarvestani

Production Director

Petra Adick

Associate Producer

Paul Saadoun

Delegated Producer

Paul Saadoun

Production Director

Vanessa Réveillon

Production Assistant

Emelie Persson

Executive Producer

Belinda Wango

Production Assistant

Saeid Sadeghi

Still Photographer

Stefan Levin

Original Music Composer

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