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Carlos

Carlos

The man who hijacked the world

20107.05h 39m

Overview

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Directed by Olivier Assayas
Written by Dan Franck, Daniel LeConte, Olivier Assayas
Produced by Marc Hansell, Frank Lehmann, Daniel LeConte
Box OfficeBudget: $18.0MRevenue: $871K

Top Cast

Edgar Ramírez

Edgar Ramírez

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')

Alexander Scheer

Alexander Scheer

Johannes Weinrich

Nora Waldstätten

Nora Waldstätten

Magdalena Kopp

Talal Jurdi

Talal Jurdi

Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')

Christoph Bach

Christoph Bach

Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')

Julia Hummer

Julia Hummer

Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')

Ahmad Kaabour

Ahmad Kaabour

Wadie Haddad

Fadi Abi Samra

Fadi Abi Samra

Michel Moukharbel

Rodney El Haddad

Rodney El Haddad

Anis Naccache ('Khalid')

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Antoine Balabane

Général al-Khouly

Themes & Keywords

guncar bombminiseriesterrorismopechostage situationrevolutionary

About Carlos

Carlos is a crime, drama, thriller, history film released in 2010 exploring themes of gun, car bomb, miniseries, terrorism, opec, hostage situation. Directed by Olivier Assayas, it stars Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora Waldstätten. The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

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