''Karbala'' is a 2015 Polish war
drama film
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based on real events directed by
filmmaker
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Krzysztof Łukaszewicz and set during the
2003 invasion of Iraq
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. It portrays the
defense of the Karbala City Hall by the
Polish
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and Bulgarian stabilization forces during the
Shia
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rebellion in 2004. The film had its premiere on 11 September 2015.
Cast
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Bartłomiej Topa
Bartłomiej Topa (born 26 May 1967, Nowy Targ, Poland
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– Kalicki
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– Kamil Grad
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Hristo Shopov
Hristo Naumov Shopov ( bg, Христо Наумов Шопов; born 4 January 1964) is a Bulgarian actor. Shopov's father, Naum Shopov, was a famous Bulgarian actor as well.
He is most noted for his 2004 portrayal of Pontius Pilate in Mel Gi ...
– Getow
*
Mikołaj Roznerski – Różdżyński "Rożen"
* Atheer Adel – Fraid
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Leszek Lichota
Leszek Lichota (born 17 August 1977, Wałbrzych, Poland) is a Polish actor, best known for playing Grzegorz in Polish soap opera ''Na Wspólnej''.
Life and career
In 2002, he graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and sta ...
– Malenczuk "Maly"
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Michał Żurawski
Michał Żurawski () is a Polish theater, film, television, radio and dubbing actor. Brother of the actor Piotr Żurawski.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Living people
1979 births
Po ...
– Waszczuk "Starszy"
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Tomasz Schuchardt
Tomasz Schuchardt (born 18 September 1986) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2007.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Polish male film actors
Polish film ac ...
– Sobanski
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Zbigniew Stryj
Zbigniew Stryj (born 2 January 1968 in Zabrze, Poland) is a Polish actor.
Filmography
*Goracy czwartek (1994)
*Święta polskie
*Barbórka (2005) as Hubert Szewczyk
*Na Wspólnej (2005 – current) as Adam Roztocki
*Kryminalni (2006) as Erwin Z ...
-–Dabek
* – Waszczuk "Mlody"
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Łukasz Simlat
Łukasz Simlat (born 11 December 1977) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 2000.
Biography
Graduate of the Secondary School named after Emilia Plater in Sosnowiec. For two years he attended the ...
– "X"
* Fatima Yazdani – Córka Farida
See also
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Grzegorz Kaliciak (officer)
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Defense of the Karbala City Hall
References
External links
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Polish war drama films
Siege films
Iraq War films
War films based on actual events
Films set in Iraq
2015 war drama films
2015 drama films
2015 films
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