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Karbala

  • 20152015
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Karbala (2015)
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Year 2004, operation Iraqi freedom. Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, launched an insurgency. Karbala City Hall is cut off, leaving inside 40 Poles and 40 Bulgarian soldie... Read allYear 2004, operation Iraqi freedom. Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, launched an insurgency. Karbala City Hall is cut off, leaving inside 40 Poles and 40 Bulgarian soldiers with supplies of food and ammo to 24h fight.Year 2004, operation Iraqi freedom. Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, launched an insurgency. Karbala City Hall is cut off, leaving inside 40 Poles and 40 Bulgarian soldiers with supplies of food and ammo to 24h fight.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.4K
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POPULARITY
47,452
31,333
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    • Director
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
    • Writer
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
    • Stars
      • Bartlomiej Topa
      • Antoni Królikowski
      • Hristo Shopov
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
    • Writer
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
    • Stars
      • Bartlomiej Topa
      • Antoni Królikowski
      • Hristo Shopov
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    • 4User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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    Karbala (2015)
    Leszek Lichota in Karbala (2015)
    Piotr Glowacki in Karbala (2015)
    Michal Zurawski in Karbala (2015)
    Leszek Lichota in Karbala (2015)
    Antoni Królikowski in Karbala (2015)
    Bartlomiej Topa, Lukasz Simlat, and Atheer Adel in Karbala (2015)
    Bartlomiej Topa in Karbala (2015)
    Piotr Zurawski and Tomasz Schuchardt in Karbala (2015)
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    Bartlomiej Topa in Karbala (2015)
    Tomasz Schuchardt in Karbala (2015)

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    Bartlomiej Topa
    Bartlomiej Topa
    • Captain Kalicki
    Antoni Królikowski
    Antoni Królikowski
    • Sanitary Kamil Grad
    Hristo Shopov
    Hristo Shopov
    • Captain Getow
    Atheer Adel
    Atheer Adel
    • Farid
    Leszek Lichota
    Leszek Lichota
    • Corporal Malenczuk 'Maly'
    Michal Zurawski
    Michal Zurawski
    • Sergeant Waszczuk 'Starszy'
    Tomasz Schuchardt
    Tomasz Schuchardt
    • Lieutenant Sobanski
    Zbigniew Stryj
    Zbigniew Stryj
    • General Dabek
    Piotr Zurawski
    Piotr Zurawski
    • Waszczuk 'Mlody'
    Lukasz Simlat
    Lukasz Simlat
    • 'X'
    Piotr Glowacki
    Piotr Glowacki
    • Galica
    Mikolaj Roznerski
    Mikolaj Roznerski
    • Rozdzynski 'Rozen'
    Samir Fuchs
    Samir Fuchs
    • Commander of the Sadr
    Jakub Wieczorek
    Jakub Wieczorek
    • Majcherek
    Alexander Sano
    Alexander Sano
    • Sirakow
    Kazimierz Mazur
    • Lucki
    Krzysztof Dracz
    Krzysztof Dracz
    • Prosecutor Antczak
    Maciej Mikolajczyk
    Maciej Mikolajczyk
    • Private Minta
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
    • Writer
      • Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
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      Karbala
      Music by Cezary Skubiszewski & Lisa Gerrard

      Performed by Lisa Gerrard

    User reviews4

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    Top review
    8/10
    It's based on a true story
    Those who think it's a science fiction or propaganda - sorry, pals, it's a true story. From the Bulgarian side it was officially stated and the story was told from it's own heroes. The attacks happened mostly night as poles and Bulgarians didn't have much equipment for night vision and Mahdi's attackers knew that. The soldiers were shooting in direction of the reflection of metal. The mortars fire was apparently mostly dangerous and because it came from small 65mm mortars that can easily be loaded on cars. The person who neutralize the mortar fire - Sergeant Ivan Mihaylov took initiative and with another 4 comrades run for about 2.5km in the night getting into the back of the attackers and surprised them. The actual number of attackers was not known, although they guess that Mahdi's supporters that came in Kerbala was at least 360 and more locals joined them. The Polish and Bulgarian units were sent to help the city hall as the Iraqi soldiers there suffered an attack. Poles and Bulgarians managed to get to the hall through 2 ambushes and once in the hall, the severe attacks began. Back to the movie - it's definitely a very nice war movie, but it's not a surprise - every third good producer and director in Hollywood is Polish. They tried to keep to the original story as much as they could and gave a good glance of the whole story. Worth seeing and definitely it will come ahead of many war movies I've seen.
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    • dimchod
    • Jun 19, 2016

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    • Release date
      • September 11, 2015 (Poland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Poland
      • Bulgaria
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • Russian
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Кербела
    • Filming locations
      • Madaba, Jordan
    • Production companies
      • Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)
      • Miramar Film
      • Agora
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,839,975
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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