Karbala (2015)

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.

Director:

Krzysztof Lukaszewicz

Writer:

Krzysztof Lukaszewicz

Stars:

Bartlomiej Topa, Antoni Królikowski, Hristo Shopov

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bartlomiej Topa	...	Captain Kalicki
Antoni Królikowski	...	Sanitary Kamil Grad
Hristo Shopov	...	Captain Getow
Atheer Adel	...	Farid
Leszek Lichota	...	Corporal Malenczuk 'Maly'
Michal Zurawski	...	Sergeant Waszczuk 'Starszy'
Tomasz Schuchardt	...	Lieutenant Sobanski
Zbigniew Stryj	...	General Dabek
Piotr Zurawski	...	Waszczuk 'Mlody'
Lukasz Simlat	...	'X'
Piotr Glowacki	...	Galica
Mikolaj Roznerski	...	Rozdzynski 'Rozen'
Samir Fuchs	...	Commander of the Sadr
Jakub Wieczorek	...	Majcherek
Alexander Sano	...	Sirakow

Storyline

Year 2004, operation Iraqi freedom ongoing. During the holiday of Ashura, 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. They defended three days till reinforcement came, killing first night over 80 rebels.

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Plot Keywords:

food | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Karbala
Music by Cezary Skubiszewski & Lisa Gerrard
Performed by Lisa Gerrard

User Reviews

Its a movie

@Vishnu S- its just a movie. I don't believe it said documentary or based on true events anywhere in its description. Its not a history lesson or something you should hold facts to so get over yourself and go criticize a documentary. Its a drama not a history lesson. As for calling it propaganda, are you f@!king serious? Anyone who believes that load of crap or is persuaded by this movie should join you and your mission to educate the world based on fictitious movies. I highly doubt the director or creator of this movie was trying to trick people into thinking American soldiers are heroes. They don't have to because for most of us, we already feel that way about our soldiers. And yes it is a movie so they are going to glorify the good guys and make the bad guys look bad. Thats usually how movies work. Its funny how you had to correct certain things that weren't true, then had to try and educate people on the truth. Its a MOVIE.. If your so intelligent why couldn't you see that fact? People don't watch movies to educate themselves they watch them for the entertainment value. People watch the news (which is nothing but propaganda) or documentaries to educate themselves. Movies can be dangerous to people like you... that's a scary thought.

Details

Country:

Poland Bulgaria

Language:

Polish Russian English Arabic

Release Date:

11 September 2015 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Karbala

Filming Locations:

Opole, Opolskie, Poland

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,839,975

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), Miramar Film, Agora

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1