Battle for Haditha (2007)

97 min · Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film, war film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Nick Broomfield

Cast

Matthew Knoll, Elliot Ruiz, Eric Mehalacopoulos, Nathan De La Cruz, Yasmine Hanani, Falah Abraheem Flayeh, Oliver Bytrus, Duraid A. Ghaieb, Nick Shakoour

The story

The film is inspired by the Haditha killings incident that occurred three months after the Battle of Haditha in the Iraq War. On 19 November 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar, 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women, and children were killed by a group of United States Marines following an incident where an I.E.D killed one Marine and seriously wounded two others.

Catalogue themes and tags

2005, American soldier, Army Unit, Bomb Attack, Burst of Violence, Circumcision, Explosive Device, Hand Grenade, Hinrichtung, Iraq, Islamic Terrorism, Legerdemain, Massaker, Patrol, Retaliation, Sense of Guilt, Terrorist attack, US Marines, Ensemble Film, Indie, Docudrama, Drama, War film, Action

Genres

Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film, war film

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