The Terminal is inspired by the true story of an Iranian refugee detained in an airport. But how much of his story actually made it into the movie?
The true story behind Steven Spielberg's The Terminal is as unbelievable as the premise of the movie it inspired. The 2004 feature stars Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski, a man hailing from an Eastern European nation. When he lands at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport while his country is in the midst of a military coup, Viktor's travel situation gets risky, and he becomes stranded at the airport for months after his passport is deemed not valid.
With the protests against the Shah of Iran becoming more widespread in the 1970s, Nasseri added that he was expelled from his home country in 1977 for getting involved in such anti-state activity. Tortured by the Iranian intelligence agency Savak, Nasseri was apparently awarded refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Belgium allowing him to also gain refuge in other European countries.
Nasseri's book also mentions how people suspected him of lying about losing his documents. The theory suggests that he just mailed his documents to Belgium while on board a ferry to the UK. The New York Times mentions that Nasseri arrived in London in 1988 as intended. But here, he was unable to present his passport to the immigration officials and was returned to France. At the French airport, Nasseri could yet again not prove his refugee status or show his passport.
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