Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

88 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 2, 2020

A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

88 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 2, 2020

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War
A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Halbtotal Film, phoenix
Original title Blackbox Syrien - Der schmutzige Krieg
Directors Andrzej Klamt
Writers Manhal Arroub, Andrzej Klamt

Cast

Birgitta Assheuer

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Îlham Ahmed

as Self - Politician

Zaher al-Saket

as Self - Former Syrian Military Gen.

Mohammad Almahmoud

as Self - Syrian Refugee

Yaakov Amidror

as Self - Security Advisor

Mehmet Beshir

as Self - Al-Hawl Camp Leader

Jonathan Conricus

as Self - Israeli Army Colonel

Sam Dagher

as Self - Assad Family Biographer

Muhamed Demer

as Self - German ISIS Member

Can Dündar

as Self - Journalist

İyad el-Baghdadi

as Self - Human Rights Activist

Wadih El Hayek

as Self - Journalist

Robert Ford

as Self - Former USA Amb. in Syria

Burhan Ghalioun

as Self - Former SNC Chairman

Hussein Ghrer

as Self - Political Activist

Hassan Hassan

as Self - Middle East Expert

Homam Hout

as Self - Filmmaker

Salim Idris

as Self - Former Syrian Military Brig. Gen.

İbrahim Kalın

as Self - Pres. Erdoğan Advisor

Halil Katira

as Self - Artisan

Mark Lowcock

as Self - UNOCHA USG/ERC

Selim Marinli

as Self - Merchant

Tobias Schneider

as Self - Security Analyst

Sima Shine

as Self - Security Analyst

Dmitri Trenin

as Self - Former Intelligence Officer

Hafez al-Assad

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bashar Hafez al-Assad

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ali Akbar Velayati

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Qasem Soleimani

as Self - IRGC Maj. Gen. (archive footage)