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| Release Date: |
December 6, 2006 (LA/NY)
February 16, 2007 |
| On DVD: |
June 12, 2007 |
| Genre: |
Drama, War, Foreign |
| Running Time: |
123 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for war violence and brief language. |
| Director: |
Rachid Bouchareb |
| Writer: |
Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb |
| Cast: |
Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Matthieu Simonet |
1943. The young North Africans had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Saïd, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other "indigenous soldiers," to liberate the "fatherland" from the Nazi enemy. These heroes that history forgot won battles in Italy, Provence and the Vosges before finding themselves alone to defend an Alsatian village against a German battalion. Read more
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