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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Adam Curtis
- written by
Cast
- Gilles Kepel
- Self - Historian of Islamist Movement
- William Kristol
- Self
- Melvin Goodman
- Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87
- Richard Perle
- Self / Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981-87
- Michael Ledeen
- Self / Self - Special Adviser to the US Secretary of State 1981-82
- Stephen Holmes
- Self - Political Philosopher
- Azzam Tamimi
- Self - Institute of Islamic Political Thought
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party
- Joe Conason
- Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President'
- Robert Bork
- Self - Senior Member Federalist Society
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Self
- David Brock
- Self
- Milton Bearden
- Self - CIA Field Officer - Afghanistan 1985-89
- David Cole
- Self - Professor of Law - Georgetown University
- Paul Weyrich
- Self - Religious Activist - Republican Party
- Michael Lind
- Self - Journalist and Former Neoconservative
- Bill Durodie
- Self - Director International Centre for Security Analysis - Kings College
- Essam El Erian
- Self - Senior Member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt
- Sam Schmidt
- Self - Defence Lawyer Embassy Bombings Trial
- Vincent Cannistraro
- Self - Head of Counter-terrorism CIA 1988-90
- Ron Hansen
- Self - Reporter - The Detroit News
- Lewis Z. Koch
- Self - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
- Omar Azzam
- Self - Cousin of Ayman Zawahiri
- John Molloy
- Self - Defence Lawyer Lackawanna Trial
- Jason Burke
- Self - Author 'Al Qaeda'
- Anne Cahn
- Self - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 1977-80
- Jack Wheeler
- Self - Adviser to the Reagan White House 1981-84
- Irving Kristol
- Self
- John Prados
- Self - National Security Archive - Washington
- Fouad Allam
- Self - Interrogator Interior Ministry 1958-87
- David Johnston
- Self - Intelligence Specialist - New York Times
- William Swor
- Self - Defence Lawyer Detroit Sleeper Cell Trial
- Stanley Rosen
- Self - Pupil of Leo Strauss 1949
- Abdullah Anas
- Self - General Commander Afghan Arabs - Northern Afghanistan 1984-89
- Harvey Mansfield
- Self - Straussian Philosopher - Harvard University
- Roxanne Euben
- Self - Political Scientist
- Ali Haroun
- Self - Algerian Minister for Human Rights 1991-92
- Theodore Rockwell
- Self - Nuclear Scientist and Radiation Risk Expert
- Kamal Habib
- Self - Founder Member of Islamic Jihad
- John Calvert
- Self - Islamist Historian
- Richard Pipes
- Self
- Leo Strauss
- Self
- Vladimir Pozner
- Self - Soviet Spokesman in the United States 1987
- John Kerry
- Self
- Adam Curtis
- Narrator
- Paula Jones
- Self
- John Ashcroft
- Self
Produced By
- Adam Curtis
- producer
- Peter Horrocks
- executive producer
- Lucy Kelsall
- assistant producer
- Stephen Lambert
- executive producer
- Emanuele Pasquale
- production executive
Cinematography
Sound
- Bob Jackson
- dubbing mixer
- Niall Podson
- sound
Production Management
- Claire Askew
- production manager
Editorial
- Tamer Osman
- on-line editor
- Colin Peters
- colorist
Other
- Tessa Hunkin
- with thanks to
Camera Department
- Lucy Kelsall
- camera operator
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