Carlos (2010)

	Edgar Ramirez	Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
	Alexander Scheer	Johannes Weinrich
	Alejandro Arroyo	Dr. Valentín Hernández
	Ahmad Kaabour	Wadie Haddad
	Talal El-Jordi	Kamal al-Issawi
	Juana Acosta	Amie de Carlos
	Nora von Waldstätten	Magdalena Kopp
	Christoph Bach	Hans-Joachim Klein
	Rodney El Haddad	Anis Naccache
	Julia Hummer	Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann
	Antoine Balabane	Général al-Khouly
	Rami Farah	Joseph
	Aljoscha Stadelmann	Wilfred Böse
	Zeid Hamdan	Youssef
	Fadi Yanni Turk	Colonel Haïtham Saïd

Director

Olivier Assayas

Producer

Jens Meurer
Daniel Leconte

Writer

Olivier Assayas
Dan Franck

Cinematography

Yorick Le Saux
Denis Lenoir

“Carlos” is the story of Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Édgar Ramírez) and his rise to power in the world of terrorism. Ramírez slowly came to power as he realizes just how much the world refuses to listen to anyone’s political views. What starts as a way to make the world see his and his people’s point of view, Ramírez - now going by the name of Carlos - becomes the world’s top terrorist. By the year 1975, Carlos is running a huge worldwide organization and planning to raid the 1975 OPEC meeting. With the help of both Général al-Khouly (Antoine Balabane) and Colonel Haïtham Saïd (Fadi Yanni Turk) Carlos cannot be stopped. But his story can only end with bloodshed and what started as a man with a purpose quickly becomes a man driven by power and fear.

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 5/19/2010 1. Part I

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a Venezuelan-born militant who fought with the Palestinians in Jordan, commits a series of bombings in London. He then moves to Paris, where the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) has assigned responsibility and command of its European branch to Michel Moukharbal, "Andre", a militant Lebanese. He coordinates several operations by activists from the Japanese Red Army, in particular the taking of hostages at the embassy of France in The Hague. When Andrew was arrested, the French agents of the DST begin to address Ilich, who adopts the nom de guerre Carlos. To escape arrest, Carlos kills three policemen. Then he then joins the South Yemen leader of the PFLP, Wadie Haddad, who gives him a mission of rare audacity ...

Director: Olivier Assayas Writer: Olivier Assayas / Dan Franck

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 5/25/2010 2. Part II

Heading up a group of six militants, consisting of leftist Revolutionary Cells of both German and Palestinian militants, Carlos takes over the OPEC building, holding hostage the ministers and their accompanying delegations. Although the terrorist is at the peak of his media fame, by releasing the ministers to Algiers airport in exchange for a large ransom, he fails in the mission entrusted to him by Wadie Haddad. This is the basis of a rupture between the two men with Carlos later becoming a mercenary in the service of the highest bidder. First Syria and then Iraq. He sets up his base on the other side of the Iron Curtain between Budapest and East Berlin under the protection of the Stasi ...

Director: Olivier Assayas Writer: Olivier Assayas / Dan Franck

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 6/2/2010 3. Part III

Carlos group, based in Budapest and protected by Syria, establishes ties with different customers interested in their particular expertise, such as Ceausescu's Romania and Libya. Carlos makes a fortune trafficking weapons and appears as a major figure in European terrorism. However, the fall of the Berlin Wall soon puts an end to this frantic activity. Carlos sees his supporters and his flexibility dramatically reduced. He finds refuge in Sudan, where he becomes a hunted man, being tracked by several secret services. Eventually the authorities in his home country arrest him and extradite him to France, where he must answer for his actions ...

Director: Olivier Assayas Writer: Olivier Assayas / Dan Franck

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 4. Part IV

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 5. Part V

Seen it: Yes 1 hr 40 mins 6. Part VI