L'Étoile du Soldat

original title:
L'Étoile du Soldat
other titles:
(Der Stern des Soldaten)
country / year of production:
France , Germany , Afghanistan / 2006
original length:
105 min. , color
premiere:
I: 5 September 2006, Venice Film Festival
genre:
drama
based on:
Christophe de Ponfilly. L'Etoile du soldat. Paris: Albin Michel, 2006.
director:
Christophe de Ponfilly
film script:
Christophe de Ponfilly , Rim Turkhi
producer:
Christophe de Ponfilly , Frédéric Laffont
cinematographer:
Laurent Fleutot
editor:
Anja Lüdcke
composer:
Django Reinhardt
cast (role):
Sacha Bourdo (Nikolai) , Patrick Chauvel (Vergos) , Mohammad Amin (Najmoudine) , Sacha Bourdo , Patrick Chauvel , Mohammad Amin
more:
plot synopsis:
Nicolai lives with his parents in a small Russian village. He plays in a rockgroup. His parents thought he is a failure and they get them to go the the Russian army. Nicolai gets to Afghanistan to fights against the resistance fighters. But Nicolai got some others ideas and behave with more humanity. He get kidnapped and against all news, the group of Mudschaheddin treats him like a friend. After some time in the group he feels like an real resistance fighter.
keywords:
resistance, opposition , youth during wartime , hostage , underground fighters
war:
"War against Terrorism"
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