Battle for Haditha
| Movie | |
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| German title | Battle for Haditha |
| Original title | Battle for Haditha |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Nick Broomfield |
| script | Nick Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin , Anna Telford |
| production | Nick Broomfield |
| music | Nick Laird-Clowes |
| camera | Mark Wolf |
| cut | Stuart Gazzard , Ash Jenkins |
| occupation | |
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Battle for Haditha is a 2007 anti-war film directed by Nick Broomfield . The plot is based on the Haditha massacre . Names and ranks do not correspond to the real facts.
content
A unit of the United States Marine Corps , led by Cpl. Ramirez, the former Iraqi soldier Ahmad and the boy Jafer as well as the Iraqi lovers Hadid and Rashied make up the three interwoven storylines of the film. In exchange for money for al-Qaeda terrorists, Ahmad and Jafer set a booby-trap in a street next to the house of Rashied's family, where Hadid also lives. They covertly wait for an opportunity to detonate them and thereby endanger the civilian population living nearby, who learn about it but remain silent for fear of terrorist retaliation. Ramirez's convoy approaches the booby trap. Just before the booby trap was detonated, the marines signaled a taxi to stop. Ahmad detonates the device that kills a US Marine. The Marines engage in a gun battle with Ahmad and Jafer, who manage to escape. Then Ramirez lets the occupants of the taxi get out and shoots them. Under his leadership, the marines storm the neighboring houses and cause a massacre among the residents. Rashied is also shot running to his family home to check on Hadid. Ramirez has difficulties processing what he has experienced. Together with three other marines, he later has to answer for his actions.
Awards
The film was screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival . At the San Sebastián Film Festival , Nick Broomfield won a silver shell for directing the film. At the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival in 2008, the film was awarded the Bernhard Wicki Prize and the DGB Film Prize.
criticism
As of May 2008: On the Rotten Tomatoes website , which evaluates reviews, the film has a positive rate of 67% based on 30 evaluated reviews. Metacritic named 65% of the reviews positive - based on 12 evaluated.
Web links
- The film's website
- Battle for Haditha in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of awards, juries and posters ›2007
- ^ Battle for Haditha Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes . Rotten tomatoes . Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ Battle for Haditha (2008): Reviews . Metacritic . Retrieved May 6, 2012.