Carlos the Jackal (2010– )
"Carlos" (original title)

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.

Stars:

Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Fadi Abi Samra

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 15 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Édgar Ramírez	...	Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka 'Carlos' (3 episodes, 2010)
Alexander Scheer	...	Johannes Weinrich (3 episodes, 2010)
Fadi Abi Samra	...	Michel Moukharbel (3 episodes, 2010)
Ahmad Kaabour	...	Wadie Haddad (2 episodes, 2010)
Talal El-Jordi	...	Kamal al-Issawi 'Ali' (2 episodes, 2010)
Juana Acosta	...	Amie de Carlos (2 episodes, 2010)
Nora von Waldstätten	...	Magdalena Kopp (2 episodes, 2010)
Alejandro Arroyo	...	Dr. Valentín Hernández (2 episodes, 2010)
Christoph Bach	...	Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie' (2 episodes, 2010)
Rodney El Haddad	...	Anis Naccache 'Khalid' (2 episodes, 2010)
Julia Hummer	...	Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann 'Nada' (2 episodes, 2010)
Antoine Balabane	...	Général al-Khouly (2 episodes, 2010)
Rami Farah	...	'Joseph' (2 episodes, 2010)
Aljoscha Stadelmann	...	Wilfred Böse 'Boni' (2 episodes, 2010)
Zeid Hamdan	...	'Youssef' (2 episodes, 2010)
Fadi Yanni Turk	...	Colonel Haïtham Saïd (2 episodes, 2010)
Katharina Schüttler	...	Brigitte Kuhlmann (2 episodes, 2010)
Badih Abou Chakra	...	Cheikh Yamani (2 episodes, 2010)
Basim Kahar	...	Riyadh el-Azzawi (2 episodes, 2010)
Cem Sultan Ungan	...	Agent irakien (2 episodes, 2010)

Storyline

Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka 'Carlos,' is a Venezuelan-born Marxist revolutionary who aligns himself with the Palestinian cause and becomes the world's most notorious terrorist. He leads assaults on the meeting of OPEC ministers, taking them hostage and flying them from country to country seeking asylum, one of the most daring acts of terrorism in history. From his earliest days as an apprentice in the revolutionary movement to his subsequent downfall, Carlos becomes a figure of legend.

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Plot Keywords:

revolutionary | opec | terrorism | multiple languages | car bomb | 

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Taglines:

The man who hijacked the world.

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Canal Plus [fr] MK2 [fr]

Country:

France Germany

Language:

English Arabic German Spanish French Hungarian Japanese Russian

Release Date:

19 May 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Carlos the Jackal

Filming Locations:

Austria

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$20,006 (USA) (15 October 2010)

Gross:

$145,118 (USA) (14 January 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films en Stock, Egoli Tossell Film, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

334 min 330 min 185 min (movie) 319 min 165 min (movie) 330 min (TV) 334 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 92 days.

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Quotes

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie': Carlos scares me. Life means nothing to him.
Wilfred Böse 'Boni': He's a soldier. A leader. You're under his command.
Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie': I'm a political militant. I hate armies and soldiers. I fight for a cause.
Wilfred Böse 'Boni': So does he.
Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie': I wish I were so sure.

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Connections

Featured in 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011)

User Reviews

Vanished age

Olivier Assayas, that astonishingly versatile director, has given us a film about Ilich Ramirez called Carlos. I found a lot of pleasure in the details: for example the singalong by Venezuelan and other exiles in a Paris apartment that turns into a bloodbath when the police enter and try to detain Carlos. The nervous hand-held camera work as the mayhem begins is most effective. The center-piece of any film about Middle Eastern terrorism must be the OPEC hostage taking, and this event Assayas depicts very well.

Carlos made me think of the political dramas the Italians used to do so well: The Mattei Affair and Exquisite Corpses by Rosi, The Battle of Algiers by Pontecorvo. I would give it a higher mark if the running time were not so excessive. The truth is that the last thirty years of this man's life have been pretty uneventful, and don't merit the outlay in time.