

Karbala
2015-09-08 · 115 min · ★ 5.3
On 3 April 2004, during the holiday of Ashura, Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr, launched an insurgency in the Polish zone. The Poles, together with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police, were given the task of defending City Hall, led by Lieutenant colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak. The clash developed into the biggest Polish engagement since World War II. Not a single allied soldier died, although about 80 insurgents were killed in a counter-attack.
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Production details
- Directors
- Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
- Production companies
- Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Miramar Film, Agora, Telewizja Polska, CANAL+ Polska, Orka
- Countries
- Poland, Bulgaria
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,200,000
Top Cast
Bartłomiej TopaCaptain Kalicki
Antoni KrólikowskiParamedic Kamil Grad
Hristo ShopovCaptain Getow
Atheer AdelFarid
Leszek LichotaCorporal 'Mały' Maleńczuk
Michał ŻurawskiSergeant 'Starszy' Waszczuk
Tomasz SchuchardtLieutenant Sobański
Piotr Żurawski'Młody' Waszczuk
Zbigniew StryjGeneral Dąbek
Piotr GłowackiGalica
Łukasz Simlat'X'
Samir FuchsSadrist Commander
Mikołaj Roznerski'Rożen' Różdżyński
Jakub WieczorekMajcherek
Alexander SanoSirakow
Kazimierz MazurŁucki
Krzysztof DraczAntczak
Maciej MikołajczykPrivate Minta
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