
“The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes.”
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
Release Date: 9/27/2006
Runtime: 128 minutes
Languages: Arabic, French
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Budget: $14.5M
Revenue: $23.0M
Companies: Tessalit Productions, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, SCOPE Invest, Tassili Films, Versus Production, Kissfilms, Taza Productions, La Petite Reine
Countries: Algeria, Belgium, France, Morocco

Jamel Debbouze
Saïd Otmari

Samy Naceri
Yassir

Roschdy Zem
Messaoud Souni

Sami Bouajila
Abdelkader

Bernard Blancan
Sergent Roger Martinez

Mathieu Simonet
Caporal Leroux

Assaad Bouab
Larbi

Benoît Giros
Capitaine Durieux

Mélanie Laurent
Margueritte village Vosges

Antoine Chappey
Le colonel
Aurélie Eltvedt
Irène

Thomas Langmann
Le journaliste
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