Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
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Jamie Dornan
Pat Quinlan
Guillaume Canet
Rene Faulques
Mark Strong
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Jason O'Mara
Sgt. Jack Prendergast
Michael McElhatton
General McEntee
Mikael Persbrandt
Dag Hammarskjold
Danny Sapani
Moise Tshombe
Fionn O'Shea
William Reidy
Fiona Glascott
Carmel Quinlan
Emmanuelle Seigner
Madame LaFontagne
Director
Richie Smyth
Tagline
"The Irish army's forgotten battle"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Parallel Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Reno
December 24, 2016
**The Irish entry to the modern warfare.** The Irish war film based on the book of the same name, which was originally inspired by the real battle of the Irish army during the UN's peacekeeping mission in the central Africa. Directed by a first timer and a well done job. I have seen lots of Irish film, but this was like I have never seen one before. Obviously, for being a war themed film about ...
GenerationofSwine
January 13, 2023
Wow, it has the dude from Fifty Shades in it and he's actually acting. It's honestly not a bad little film and that is saying a lot given that it has a small little budget doesn't it? They should really call it "Siege of Courage" because really it's about valor and nothing more, but it's about valor in a very muted and believable way. And, as I said, Christian Grey can actually act. And t...
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