Valley of The Wolves: Iraq

– The movie opens with a fictionalized depiction of a real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 o..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 2 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
Kurtlar vadisi - Irak
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006) - Also known as Kurtlar vadisi - Irak

The movie opens with a fictionalized depiction of a real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 of 11 Turkish special forces soldiers and 13 civilians by U.S. forces of the 173rd Airborne commanded by Colonel William C. Mayville in the northern Iraqi Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish soldiers suppose that this is an ordinary visit from their NATO allies. But this time is different.

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Release Date:

03 Feb 2006

Language:

Arabic, English, Turkish, Kurdish

Director:

Serdar Akar, Sadullah Sentürk(co-director)

Writer:

Raci Sasmaz, Soner Yalçin (consept advisor), Bahadir Özdener

Main Actors:

Necati Sasmaz, Billy Zane, Ghassan Massoud, Gürkan Uygun

Plot:

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

Awards:

1 win.

Production:

Arsenal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10