Movie
The Siege of Jadotville
Overview
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-09-19
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Parallel Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
- Country
- Ireland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jamie Dornan as Pat Quinlan
- Guillaume Canet as Rene Faulques
- Mark Strong as Conor Cruise O'Brien
- Jason O'Mara as Sgt. Jack Prendergast
- Michael McElhatton as General McEntee
- Mikael Persbrandt as Dag Hammarskjold
- Danny Sapani as Moise Tshombe
- Fionn O'Shea as William Reidy
- Fiona Glascott as Carmel Quinlan
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Madame LaFontagne
- Conor Quinlan as P.J. (Patrick Joyce)
- Sam Keeley as Billy (Sniper) Ready
Crew
- Richie Smyth - Director
- Kevin Brodbin - Writer
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