Salman Rushdie: Death on a trail
2019 · Released · 52 min
When The Satanic Verses were published in 1988, no one yet perceived the rise of Muslim fundamentalism or its consequences. Not even its author, who will live 30 years under the threat of a fatwa pronounced by Ayatollah Khomeini.
Who is in it. Open anyone to see what else they are in.
Beulah Borr
Self - Narrator (voice)
Salman Rushdie
Self - Writer
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Abdullah al Ahdal
Self - Imam (archive footage)
Isabelle Adjani
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Ali Khamenei
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hitoshi Igarashi
Self - Translator (archive footage)
Bono
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Kamal Kharazi
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Larry David
Larry David (archive footage)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
F. Murray Abraham
Ayatollah (archive footage)
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