SYNOPSIS
This is the way one of the most famous love stories of the 20th century begins. The story of a man and a woman who are forced to renounce their love for reasons of state and power.
The film Soraya offers a chance to examine the history of the 20th century from a woman’s point of view. Soraya may not have been a woman who made history, but her love and her personal aspirations made her both witness to and part of it.
Set in the midst of events which moved whole worlds, the film Soraya aims to examine an important moment in the oil war, a moment which determined international politics and the lives of millions of people.
Year: 2003
Format: Miniseries 2×100′
Genre: Drama
Language: Italian
Co-production: Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Rai Trade, EOS Production and Pampa Production for France 2
Average viewers: 9.233.500
Average share: 33,13%
Cast
| Soraya | Anna Valle |
| Scià Reza | Pahlevi Erol Sander |
| Chams | Mathilda May |
| Samira | Caterina Vertova |
| Mossadeq | Claude Brasseur |
| Enrico Mattei | Michele Placido |
| Eva, madre di Soraya | Anja Kruse |
| Bijam | Marco Vivio |
| Kalil, padre di Soraya | Antonio Dechent |
| Furoug, zia di Soraya | Sydne Rome |
| Imperatrice madre | Krista Stadler |
| Dr. Ayadi | Giacomo Piperno |
Crew
| Produced By | Luca Bernabei |
| Directed By | Lodovico Gasparini |
| Screenplay | Umberto Marino, Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler, Anna Samueli |
| Story Editors | Saverio D’Ercole, Lea Tafuri, Luisa Cotta Ramosino |
| Editor | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music | Andrea Guerra |
| Costumes Designer | Elisabetta Montaldo |
| Production Designer | Paolo Biagetti |
| Director Of Photography | Fabio Zamarion |
| Executive Producer | Anselmo Parrinello |