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L'étoile Du Soldat
''L'Étoile du soldat'' is a French film by the director Christophe de Ponfilly, who made several movies and documentaries in Afghanistan. The film was released after his suicide in 2006. Synopsis The film retraces the steps of a Russian guitarist, Nikolaï, from a town outside Moscow. He has a poor relationship with his parents and when Nikolaï is drafted into the Russian army and sent to the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War, his father thinks this will make him into a real man. We are then shown how the Russian forces have established a base in a remote valley, from where they are trying to root out Mujahideen rebels fighting the Russian-backed regime in Kabul. The new Russian recruits are unprepared and unsure why and who they are fighting. Nikolaï witnesses an ugly incident where a Russian soldier tries to rape an Afghan woman, but she stabs and kills him. Torn in his loyalties, he motions for the woman to escape from his fellow Russian conscripts surrounding the village, since th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe De Ponfilly
Christophe de Ponfilly (January 5, 1951 – May 16, 2006) was a French journalist, film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. He was married to Florence Dauchez . Awards * Prix Albert-Londres 1985 (for ''Les Combattants de l'Insolence'') * Special jury prize, festival du scoop et du journalisme d’Angers (for ''Monsieur le Rabin'' - 1999) * Special jury prize, 14th global television festival, Japan. (for ''Massoud, l'afghan'' - 2000) * Planet Prize, Special jury prize, et Prize from the youth Jury, F.I.G.R.A.(for ''Massoud, l'afghan'' - 1998) * Best documentary, Festival dei Popoli (Florence) (''Massoud, l'afghan'' - 1998) * Grand Prize, festival Montagne et Aventure d'Autrans (''Massoud l'afghan'' - 2001) * C.F.A. prize, "best documentary of the year" (''Les Plumes font leur CirQue'') * Planète Câble prize, and special jury prize, F.I.G.R.A. (''Naître, des histoires banales mais belles'' - 1994) * UNESCO prize, International film and art festival, 1994 (''Do ré mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor known for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film ''Munich''. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. He is known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. He is sometimes credited as Hans Zischler, Johann Zischler, or Zischler. Selected filmography * '' Summer in the City'' (1970, directed by Wim Wenders) * ''Kings of the Road'' (1976, directed by Wim Wenders) * ''Les Rendez-vous d'Anna'' (1978, directed by Chantal Akerman) * ''Putting Things Straight'' (1979, directed by Georg Brintrup) * ' (1980, directed by Rudolf Thome) * '' Angels of Iron'' (1981, directed by Thomas Brasch) * '' Malevil'' (1981, directed by Christian de Chalonge) * ' (1981, directed by Carl Schenkel) * ' (1982, directed by Thomas Brasch) * '' Doctor Faustus'' (1982, directed by Franz Seitz) * ''A Woman in Flames'' (1983, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wazir Bakhashi
Wazir often refers to: * Vizier or wazir, a high-ranking political advisor or minister Wazir may also refer to: Places * Wazirabad, a City in Punjab, Pakistan * Waziristan, a region in tribal belt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Wazir Akbar Khan (Kabul), a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan * Wazir, Nangarhar, a village in Khogyani District, Afghanistan Other uses * Wazir (chess), a fairy chess piece that moves one space in an orthogonal direction * ''Wazir'' (film), a 2016 Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar * Wazir (Pashtun tribe), a tribe in Waziristan, Pakistan * Wazir (Khogyani clan), a tribe in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan * Waziri language, a language spoken in Waziristan region of Pakistan * Wazir Khan Mosque, a mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan People with the name * Wazir Khan (Lahore), 17th-century court physician to Shah Jahan * Wazir Khan (Sirhind) (died 1710), governor of Sirhind in the Mughal Empire * Wazir Ali Khan (1780–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brehna Bahar
Brehna is a town and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent town Brehna and the municipalities Glebitzsch, Pe .... It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. Important in this city is the church where Katharina von Bora, the wife of Martin Luther lived. File:BrehnaAltesRathaus.jpg, old town hall File:BrehnaNeuesRathWinter.jpg, new town hall File:BrehnaKirche.jpg, church Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Sandersdorf-Brehna {{AnhaltBitterfeld-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollah Abdellah Amini
Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law. The title has also been used in some Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish communities to refer to the community's leadership, especially religious leadership. Etymology The word ''mullah'' is derived from the Arabic word ''mawlā'' ( ar, مَوْلَى), meaning "vicar", "master" and "guardian". Usage Historical usage The term has also been used among Persian Jews, Bukharan Jews, Afghan Jews, and other Central Asian Jews to refer to the community's religious and/or secular leadership. In Kaifeng, China, the historic Chinese Jews who managed the synagogue were called "mullahs". Modern usage It is the term commonly used for village or neighborhood mosque leaders, who may not have high levels of religious education, in large parts of the Muslim world, particularly Iran, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar Aiqhair
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. His power and influence, however, extended over the entire subcontinent because of Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
