The Assault
“Monday 26th December 1994. Marignane Airport.”
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
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Cast
40 people
Vincent Elbaz
Thierry
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Grégori Derangère
Denis Favier
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Mélanie Bernier
Carole
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Aymen Saïdi
Yahia
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Paulette
Chems Dahmani
Mustapha
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Mohid Abid
Makhlouf
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Djanis Bouzyani
Salim
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Marie Guillard
Claire
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Naturel Le Ruyet
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Philippe Bas
GIGN Snipper Didier
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Philippe Cura
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Andy
Grégoire Taulère
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Julien Leclercq Director · Simon Moutaïrou Screenplay Roland Môntins Author
Director Screenplay
Julien Leclercq
Screenplay
Simon Moutaïrou
Author
Roland Môntins
Author
Gilles Cauture
Composer
Jean-Jacques Hertz
Composer
François Roy
Cinematographer
Thierry Pouget
Editor
Christine Lucas Navarro
Editor
Frédéric Thoraval
Editor
Mickael Dumontier
Production designer
Jean-Philippe Moreaux
Costume designer
Muriel Legrand
Worldwide gross $4.3M · Budget $4.6M · United States release April 6, 2012
Box office
Budget
$4,600,000
Worldwide gross
$4,300,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Labyrinthe Films
Production
BUF
Production
Piste Rouge
Production
Canal+
Production
CinéCinéma
Production
Mars Films
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Backup Media
Production
Coficup
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Assaut
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · November 12, 2010
Premiere · Sarlat Film Festival
France · January 17, 2011
Limited theatrical
United States · April 6, 2012
Limited theatrical
Brazil
September 25, 2011 · Theatrical
France
March 9, 2011 · Theatrical
Germany
June 1, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Italy
November 6, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Japan
November 12, 2011 · Theatrical · Tokyo
Netherlands
December 13, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Singapore
August 4, 2011 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 10, 2012 · Theatrical
Spain
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 27, 2012 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
April 23, 2012 · Theatrical
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