The Siege of Mecca (2018)
Overview
On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This was the beginning of the siege of Mecca…
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.781 |
Directed By
Dirk K. van den Berg
Crew
Tareq Aldakhilallah
Delphine Thelliez
Christophe Gauthier
Nico Di Biase
Pascal Verroust
Dirk K. van den Berg
Isabelle Zaborowski
Anne Gènevaux
Dirk K. van den Berg
Dirk K. van den Berg
TOP CAST
Mark Gregory Hambley
Self
Christian Prouteau
Self
Christian Lambert
Self
Ignace Wodecki
Self
Paul Barril
Self
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