Carlos
The man who hijacked the world
Production
Budget
$18 000 000
Box office
$871 279
Director
Actors
Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora Waldstätten, Talal Jurdi, Christoph Bach, Julia Hummer, Ahmad Kaabour, Fadi Abi Samra, Rodney El Haddad, Antoine Balabane
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jens Meurer, Daniel LeConte, Marc Hansell, Frank Lehmann, Jona Wirbeleit, Judy Tossell, Raphaël Cohen, Sabine Sidawi
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
François-Renaud Labarthe
Audition
Editing
Luc Barnier, Marion Monnier
Whole Team (26)
Whole Team (26)
Short description
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
What's left behind the scenes
- Before and during filming, international terrorist Carlos (whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) repeatedly threatened director Olivier Assayas, demanding that he abandon the idea of making this film.
- Some of the dialogue in the film repeats verbatim lines from tape recordings made by the Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic, the Stasi.
- During filming, Edgar Ramirez gained 15 kg in weight to show the changes in Carlos's appearance by the time of his arrest.
- Initially, the film was planned to be 90 minutes long, with the central event being Carlos's arrest in Sudan in 1994. However, while gathering material for the film, director Olivier Assayas realized that limiting the plot to such a narrow framework would be incorrect.
- Director Olivier Assayas hoped to use some compositions by the alternative rock band The Feelies (1976-1992) in the film, but its members did not give their permission, citing a reluctance to have their work associated with terrorism.
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