A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.
4.0 / 5
Birgitta Assheuer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Îlham Ahmed
Self - Politician
Zaher al-Saket
Self - Former Syrian Military Gen.
Mohammad Almahmoud
Self - Syrian Refugee
Yaakov Amidror
Self - Security Advisor
Mehmet Beshir
Self - Al-Hawl Camp Leader
Jonathan Conricus
Self - Israeli Army Colonel
Sam Dagher
Self - Assad Family Biographer
Muhamed Demer
Self - German ISIS Member
Can Dündar
Self - Journalist
İyad el-Baghdadi
Self - Human Rights Activist
Wadih El Hayek
Robert Ford
Self - Former USA Amb. in Syria
Burhan Ghalioun
Self - Former SNC Chairman
Hussein Ghrer
Self - Political Activist
Hassan Hassan
Self - Middle East Expert
Homam Hout
Self - Filmmaker
Salim Idris
Self - Former Syrian Military Brig. Gen.
İbrahim Kalın
Self - Pres. Erdoğan Advisor
Halil Katira
Self - Artisan
Mark Lowcock
Self - UNOCHA USG/ERC
Selim Marinli
Self - Merchant
Tobias Schneider
Self - Security Analyst
Sima Shine
Dmitri Trenin
Self - Former Intelligence Officer
Hafez al-Assad
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bashar Hafez al-Assad
Barack Obama
Vladimir Putin
Ali Akbar Velayati
Qasem Soleimani
Self - IRGC Maj. Gen. (archive footage)
Andrzej Klamt
Director
Writer
Patrick Pardella
Editor
Martin Pieper
Commissioning Editor
Moritz Beneke
Sound
Hennes Grossmann
Line Producer
Georg Reichelt
Original Music Composer
Türkan Schirmer
Andreas Radzuweit
Sound Mixer
Mike Glöckner
Oliver M. Piecha
Technical Advisor
Ronald Urbanczyk
Researcher
Christoph Caron
Katharina Krohmann
Andrej Anenin
Additional Camera
Manhal Arroub
Co-Writer
Philip Flämig
Director of Photography
Alex Sutula
Mert Özkan
Tim Greiner
Post Production Supervisor
Frank Amann
Laura Krestan
Mathieu Mazza
Harald Schmuck
Bernd Güßbacher