Movie
Days of Glory
Overview
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
Details
- Release date
- 2006-09-27
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Tessalit Productions, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, SCOPE Invest, Tassili Films, Versus Production, Kissfilms, Taza Productions, La Petite Reine
- Country
- Algeria, Belgium, France, Morocco
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Jamel Debbouze as Saïd Otmari
- Samy Naceri as Yassir
- Roschdy Zem as Messaoud Souni
- Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader
- Bernard Blancan as Sergent Roger Martinez
- Mathieu Simonet as Caporal Leroux
- Assaad Bouab as Larbi
- Benoît Giros as Capitaine Durieux
- Mélanie Laurent as Margueritte village Vosges
- Antoine Chappey as Le colonel
- Aurélie Eltvedt as Irène
- Thomas Langmann as Le journaliste
Crew
- Rachid Bouchareb - Director
- Olivier Lorelle - Writer
- Rachid Bouchareb - Writer
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