Carlos [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Director: Olivier Assayas

Overview

Arthouse favorite Olivier Assayas followed up his critical darling L'Heure d'?t? (2008) with this wildly different chronicle -- a biopic of the ultra-left-wing Venezuelan terrorist-cum-mercenary Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, popularly known as "Carlos the Jackal." As co-written by Assayas and scenarist Dan Franck, the account spans the years 1973-1994 -- or the period that witnessed Sanchez at his most violent and relentless. Narrative touchstones include the 1974 bomb attack at the Publicis Drugstore on Paris' Left Bank and the 1975 abduction of 11 OPEC officials from Vienna, as well as a torrent of assassinations that Carlos and his cronies planned but didn't carry out. As produced by Daniel Leconte, this telling of Sanchez's life stars Edgar Ramirez as the terrorist, as well as Alexander Scheer, Aljoscha Stadelmann, and Julia Hummer; it was predominantly shot in Germany, France, and Lebanon.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2011
UPC:	0715515086912
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	5:39:00
Sales rank:	4,600

Special Features

New video interviews with director Olivier Assayas, actor ?dgar Ram?rez, and Lenoir; Selected-scene commentary featuring Lenoir; Carlos: Terrorist Without Borders, and hour-long documentary on the career of Carlos; Archival interview with Carlos associate Hans-Joachim Klein, by Jean-Marcel Bourgreau and Daniel Leconte; Maison de France, a feature-length documentary on a Carlos bombing not included in the film; Twenty-minute making-of documentary on the film's OPEC raid scene; Original theatrical trailer; Plus: a booklet featuring essays by critics Colin MacCabe and Greil Marcus, as well as a timeline of Carlos's life and biographies of selected figures portrayed in the film, written by Carlos's historical adviser, Stephen Smith

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edgar Ram?rez	Ilich Ram?rez Sanchez, aka Carlos
Alexander Scheer	Johannes Weinrich
Nora von Waldst?tten	Magdalena Kopp
Ahmad Kaabour	Wadie Haddad
Christoph Bach	Hans-Joachim Klein, aka Angie
Rodney El Haddad	Anis Naccache, aka Khalid
Julia Hummer	Gabriele Kr?cher-Tiedemann, aka Nada
Remi Farah	Joseph
Zeid Hamdan	Youssef
Talal el Jourdi	Kamal Al-Issawi, aka Ali
Fadi Abi Samra	Michel Moukharbal, aka Andre
Aljoscha Stadelmann	Wilfried B?se, aka Boni
Katharina Sch?ttler	Brigitte Kuhlmann
Jule B?we	German Militant
Juana Acosta	Carlos's Girlfriend
Martha Higareda	Amparo
Jean-Baptiste Malartre	Ambassador in the Hague
Olivier Cruveiller	Capt. Jean Herranz
Andr? Marcon	Gen. Philippe Rondot
Nicolas Brian?on	Maitre Jacques Verges
Jean-Baptiste Montagut	Erik
Razane Jammal	Lana Jarrar
Badih Abou Chakra	Cheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Alejandro Arroyo	Valentin Hernandez Acosta
Mohamed Ourdache	Dr. Bela?d Abdessalam
Mohammed Ourdache	Dr. Bela?d Abdessalam
Basim Kahar	Iraqi Charg? d'Affaires
Abbes Zahmani	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Nourredine Mirzadeh	Jamshid Amouzegar
Laura Cameron	English Secretary
Udo Samel	Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
Georges Kern	Otto R?esch
Yanillys Perez Rivas	Anselma Lopez
Gabriela Sanchez	Maria Teresa
Alexis Lameyda	Edgar
Ana Maria Duran	Albaida
Carolina Callejas	Leyma
Shamyr Ali	Luis
Maria Fernanda Ruette	Cuatro Player
Cesar Delgado Wixam	Gallery Owner
Pierre Fran?ois Dum?niaud	Inspector Dous
Pierre-Fran?ois Dumeniaud	Inspector Dous
Simon Pierre Boireau	Inspector Donatini
Belkacem Djemel Barek	Mohamed Boudia
Philippe Trad	Orly Fedayeen 1
Farid Elouardi	Orly Fedayeen 2
Hugo Diaz	Latino Singer
Bibi Jacob	Englishwoman at Orly
Maiwenn Heurtaux	Englishwoman's Daughter
Hiraku Kawakami	Yukata Furuya
Ryosuke Sato	Head of Commando Unit
Go Nabetani	JRA Commando 1
Akihiro Hata	JRA Commando 2
Yuko Hirata	Miss Full Moon
Vincent Jouan	Captain Broussard
Kida Khodr Ramadan	Iraqi Attach?
Cem Sultan Ungan	Hassan Sa?d
Leslie Clack	Joseph Edward Sieff
Luis Jaime Cortez	Butler
Liane Lettner	Sieff's Wife
Paolo Ospina	Young Boy
Thomas Sinclair Spencer	British Policeman
Bassel Madi	Beirut Airport Police
Johnny Kazen	Beirut Airport Police
Elie Youssef	Fedayeen at Wadie Haddad's House
Karam Ghossein	Fedayeen at Wadie Haddad's House
Stephan Rives	DST Agent in Beirut
Edith Heller	Receptionist
Peter Benedict	Policeman 1
Ronnie Paul	Policeman 2
Sarkaw Gorany	Kurdish Doctor
Johann von B?low	DC-9 Pilot
Charbel Aoun	Libyan Officer
Manfred Bunholzer	Austrian Ambassador
Antoine Balabane	General Al-Khouly
Anton Kouznetsov	Iuri Andropov
Karl Fischer	Colonel Harry Dahl
Robert Gallinowski	Major Helmut Voigt
Fadi Yanni Turk	Col. Ha?tham Sa?d
Timo Jacobs	Nada's Friend
Laurens Walter	Swiss Policeman
Carlos Chahine	Assem Al-Joundi
Issam Bou Khaled	Libyan General
Guillaume Saurrel	Bruno Br?guet
Olivia Ross	Bruno Br?guet's Friend
Hendrik Hegray	Parking Lot Guard
C?dric Hergault	Parking Lot Guard
Loulwa Maad	Carlos's Daughter
Samuel Achache	Guy Cavallo
Laetitia Spigarelli	Marie-Caroline Cavallo
Alexander Beyer	Lt. Borostowski
Maria Kwiatkowsky	Stasi Informer 1
Ireen Kirsch	Stasi Informer 2
Gabriella Csizmadia	Magdalena's Mother
Caroline De Bled	Prison Guard
Jef Bayonne	French Policeman
Johannes Richard Voelkel	German Policeman
Ahmad Hatoum	Syrian Holy Man
Eriq Ebouaney	Hassan Al-Tourabi
Fadi Sabbah	Gynecologist
Gigi Ledron	Carlos's Sudanese Mistress
Salah El Din Abou Chanab	Dr. Nafaa
Mounzer Baalbacki	Iranian Diplomat
Moheb Nader	Iranian Diplomat
Patrick Rameau	CIA Agent
Keith Thomson	CIA Agent
Julien Schmidt	French Diplomat
Hamid	Carlos's Bodyguard
Samir Basha	Carlos's Bodyguard
Emmanuel	Sudanese Agent
Abdalah Abdel Majid	Sudanese Doctor
Lamia Ahmed	?pouse religieux syrien
Mustapha Osmani	Sudanese Army Doctor
Liane Sellerer	?pouse Steff
Philippe Tran	Feday Orly
Talal Jurdi	Kamal al-Issawi 'Ali'

Technical Credits

Olivier Assayas

Dan Franck

Daniel Leconte

Olivier Assayas	Screenwriter
Dan Franck	Screenwriter
Daniel Leconte	Producer,Screenwriter
Rapha?l Cohen	Executive Producer,Producer
Antoinette Boulat	Casting
Anja Dihrberg	Casting
Nicole Kamato	Casting
Rosa Estevez	Casting