The Hamburg Cell (film)

The Hamburg Cell
Directed by Antonia Bird
Produced by Finola Dwyer
Written by Ronan Bennett
Alice Perman
Based on 9/11 Commission Report
Starring Karim Saleh
Maral Kamel
Omar Berdouni
Adnan Maral
Music by Paul Conboy
Adrian Corker
Adrian Maral
Cinematography Florian Hoffmeister
Edited by St. John O'Rorke
Production
company
Distributed by Acorn Media
Release date
26 August 2004
Running time
101 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Arabic

The Hamburg Cell is a 2004 Channel 4 (United Kingdom) and CBC (Canada) television film that describes the creation of the Hamburg cell, Islamist and extremist group composed by the terrorists that piloted the airplanes hijacked during the September 11 attacks. Although the terrorist cell was led by Mohamed Atta, the film is focused on the character of Ziad Jarrah, the one terrorist that had doubts about the attacks.[1]

Plot

The movie shows the events leading up to 9/11 and story of the middle-class students responsible for the 9/11 attack: Ziad Jarrah (Karim Saleh), Mohamed Atta (Kamel), and Ramzi Binalshibh (Omar Berdouni).

The film was based on primary research, including personal interviews, unpublished correspondence, and the official 9/11 Commission Report.

The film was directed by Antonia Bird.

Cast

Home Media

A DVD of the film was released on November 14, 2006.[2]

See also

References

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