Days of Glory

Days of Glory

★ 6.7IMDb Score
Released:2006-09-27
Duration:128 min
Director:Rachid Bouchareb
Actors:Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan
Production:Tessalit Productions, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, SCOPE Invest, Tassili Films, Versus Production, Kissfilms, Taza Productions, La Petite Reine

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...

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