DVD
Carlos
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved four-DVD special edition.
Languages
In English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Japanese and Russian, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Édgar Ramírez, Fadi Abi Samra, Ahmad Kaabour, Christoph Bach, Nora von Waldstätten, Rodney El-Haddad, Julia Hummer, Alexander Scheer, Talal El-Jordi.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (339 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
An epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez--also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth century's most wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left-wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2010.
Special features: video interviews with director Olivier Assayas, actor Edgar Ramirez, and cinematographer Denis Lenoir ; selected-scene commentary featuring Lenoir ; "Carlos : terrorist without borders," an hour-long documentary on the career of Carlos ; archival interview with Carlos associate Hans-Joachim Klein, by Jean-Michel Bougreau 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.