Jun 19, 2022
58 min
Full-HD

444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique (2022)

On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captivity. Told by those who lived through it, a crisis that traumatized America and upset the political balance in the Middle East.

Category

Documentary Drama History Thriller

Country

France

Companies

Kuiv Productions ARTE

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