Teheran 43

Teheran 43
Soviet film poster
Directed byAlexander Alov
Vladimir Naumov
Written byAlexander Alov
Vladimir Naumov
Produced byGeorges Cheyko
StarringNatalya Belokhvostikova
Igor Kostolevsky
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Alain Delon
Claude Jade
CinematographyValentin Zheleznyakov
Edited byCatherine Kelber
Music byGeorges Garvarentz, Mieczysław Weinberg
Distributed byMosfilm (Soviet Union)
SN Prodis
Océanic Films (France)
Release date
  • July 1981 (1981-07)
Running time
192 minutes
CountriesSoviet Union
France
Switzerland
LanguagesRussian
French
Box office47.5 million admissions (USSR)
94,335 admissions (France)

Teheran 43 (Russian: Тегеран-43; French: Téhéran 43, Nid d'espions) is a 1981 Soviet-French-Swiss political thriller film made by Mosfilm, Mediterraneo Cine and Pro Dis Film, directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. It is based on events around Operation Long Jump, the 1943 attempt by Nazi Germany to assassinate Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference.

The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1981 and had 47.5 million viewers. It won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981.