The Hamburg Cell
Synopsis
Based on a wide range of documentary evidence, from court transcriptions to video footage, this simmering yet understated little movie focuses on Lebanese student Ziad Jarrah (Saleh) as he's transformed from rich-boy student at the University of Applied Science in Hamburg to jihadist hijacker of United Airlines flight 93 (which crashed en route to the White House shortly after simultaneous attacks struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon).
It's a difficult journey. Immersing us in the secretive, clandestine world of these fundamentalists as they indoctrinate new recruits, train at terrorist camps in Afghanistan and learn to fly at an aviation school in Florida, Bird forces a disturbing intimacy with men destined to become mass murderers.
Details
- Year
- 2005
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 mins
- Format
- S16mm
- Director
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Antonia Bird
- Producer
- David Aukin, George Carey
- Co-Producer
- David Aukin, George Carey
- Editor
- St John O' Rourke
- Screenwriter
- Ronan Bennett
- Director of Photography
- Florian Hoffmeister
- Sound
- Tim Albarn
- Composer
- Adrian Maral
- Principal cast
- Karim Saleh, Agni Tsangaridou, Omar Berdouni, Adnan Marai
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Mentorn Productions
43 Whitfield StreetLondon W1T 4HA
UK
T+44 (0)20 7258 6800
Sales Company
Channel 4 International
124 Horseferry RoadLondon SW1P 2TX
UK
T+44 (0)20 7306 8463
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