Directed by:
Stefan SchallerScreenplay:
Stefan SchallerCinematography:
Armin FranzenCast:
Sascha Alexander Geršak, Ben Miles, Aaron Hildebrand, Tayfun Bademsoy, Christofer von Beau, Burak Yigit, Nikola Kastner, Marc Hodapp, Kida Khodr Ramadan (more)Plots(1)
Based on original documents, Five Years is the true story of the German Turk Murat Kurnaz, an innocent man interned in Guantánamo, one of the most feared and notorious prisons in the world, where the struggle for physical and mental survival demands nearly superhuman efforts. Five Years is an unflinching chronicle of unimaginable abuse and a duel between two iron-willed personalities. The accused: Kurnaz, who wanted to give meaning to his life by turning to Islam and going on a pilgrimage to Pakistan right after 9/11. The accuser: U.S. government interrogation specialist Holford, who pulls all the stops of manipulation and fear, and whose main goal is to obtain a confession from Kurnaz. (Berlinale)
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Sascha Alexander Geršak
West Germany
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Ben Miles
UK
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Aaron Hildebrand
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Tayfun Bademsoy
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Christofer von Beau
West Germany
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Burak Yigit
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Nikola Kastner
West Germany
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Marc Hodapp
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Kida Khodr Ramadan
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Trystan Pütter
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Siir Eloglu
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Torsten Michaelis
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Patrick Pinheiro
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Özkan Arslan
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Dietrich Limpert
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Timur Isik
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