Carlos
“The man who hijacked the world”
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.
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Cast
59 people
Edgar Ramírez
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')
Known for
Point Break
Jungle Cruise
Alexander Scheer
Johannes Weinrich
Known for
Blood Red Sky
The Island
Nora Waldstätten
Magdalena Kopp
Known for
The New Pope
World Without End
Talal Jurdi
Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')
Known for
The Insult
Christoph Bach
Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')
Known for
The Saboteurs
Finsterworld
Julia Hummer
Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')
Known for
The State I Am In
Gigantic
Ahmad Kaabour
Wadie Haddad
Known for
Carlos
Fadi Abi Samra
Michel Moukharbel
Known for
West Beirut
Rodney El Haddad
Anis Naccache ('Khalid')
Also in
Bosta
Beirut Hotel
Antoine Balabane
Général al-Khouly
Known for
Carlos
Rami Farah
'Joseph'
Known for
Escape from Raqqa
Aljoscha Stadelmann
Wilfred Böse ('Boni')
Known for
The Billion Dollar Code
Carlos
Olivier Assayas Director · Daniel LeConte Screenplay Dan Franck Screenplay
Worldwide gross $871K · Budget $18M · United States release October 11, 2010
Box office
Budget
$18,000,000
Worldwide gross
$871,279
Production
Film en Stock
Production
Egoli Tossell Film
Production
Germany · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · German · Hungarian · Japanese · Russian · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 19, 2010
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · July 7, 2010
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 2010
Theatrical
Denmark
January 26, 2011 · Theatrical
France
December 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
December 15, 2014 · Digital · VOD
May 1, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
June 1, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
November 4, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
April 14, 2011 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 29, 2011 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
September 28, 2011 · Physical · DVD Premiere
United Kingdom
October 22, 2010 · Theatrical
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