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Carlos

Carlos

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Carlos

"The man who hijacked the world"

2010

5h 39m

7.0(247 votes)

Crime

Drama

History

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.

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Egoli Tossell Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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')

Antoine Balabane

Général al-Khouly

Creative team

Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Written by: Dan Franck
Daniel LeConte
Produced by: Jona Wirbeleit
Frank Lehmann

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