Princess Grace ( Kelly) of Monaco introduces a Feature film Shot in Iran The Opium Connection ( also known as The Poppy is also a Flower) commissioned by the UNESCO on Iran’s campaign to eradicate Opium Traffic. Directed by Terence Young the film released in 1966 starred a Hollywood and International Cast including Yul Brynner, Omar Sharif and Trevor Howard. Also in this film Marcello Mastroianni, Angie Dickenson, Rita Hayworth, Senta Berger and Eli Wallach. Based on a an idea submitted by Ian Fleming ( Author of JAmes Bond) the film was shot in various parts of Iran and starts with Stephan Boyed ( Messalla in Ben Hur) an American working for the UNESCO and will be killed during a gun shoot between various groups. The tribe in this clip seem to be the Bakhtiaris.
Interestingly the latest James Bond Book The Devil May Care is also set in Iran during the Pahlavi era and deals with the same topic.
