Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

6.6(5 votes)
2019
0h 55m
Documentary
TV Movie

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa uttered by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini: his youth in multicultural Bombay, his life in England, his many years of forced hiding, his thoughts on President Trump's United States of America.

Production

ARTE, RTBF, Flach Film

Cast

Beulah Borr

Beulah Borr

Self - Narrator (voice)

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

Self - Writer

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abdullah al Ahdal

Abdullah al Ahdal

Self - Imam (archive footage)

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hitoshi Igarashi

Hitoshi Igarashi

Self - Translator (archive footage)

Bono

Bono

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Kamal Kharazi

Kamal Kharazi

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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