Release Date
December 6, 2006 (LA/NY)
February 16, 2007
February 16, 2007
DVD Release Date
June 12, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Rachid Bouchareb
Writer
Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb
Cast
Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Matthieu Simonet
Studio
Running Time
123 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for war violence and brief language
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.... Full synopsis »
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