CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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MOVIE2010 2h 45m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Talal Jurdi

Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')

Ahmad Kaabour

Wadie Haddad

Aljoscha Stadelmann

Aljoscha Stadelmann

Wilfred Böse ('Boni')

Katharina Schüttler

Katharina Schüttler

Brigitte Kuhlmann

Susanne Wuest

Susanne Wuest

Edith Heller

Anna Thalbach

Anna Thalbach

Inge Viett

Udo Samel

Udo Samel

Bruno Kreisky

Juana Acosta

Juana Acosta

Amie de Carlos