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The Assault

Monday 26th December 1994. Marignane Airport.

December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.

1h 28m2011RTMDb 6.0

DramaActionThriller

French

Crew and Cast

Julien LeclercqJulien LeclercqDirectorVincent ElbazVincent ElbazThierryGrégori DerangèreGrégori DerangèreDenis FavierMélanie BernierMélanie BernierCaroleAymen SaïdiAymen SaïdiYahiaChems DahmaniChems DahmaniMustaphaMohid AbidMohid AbidMakhloufDjanis BouzyaniDjanis BouzyaniSalimMarie GuillardMarie GuillardClaire
Naturel Le RuyetEmmaPhilippe BasPhilippe BasGIGN Snipper DidierPhilippe CuraPhilippe CuraGIGN #1Grégoire TaulèreGrégoire TaulèreGIGN #2Charlie CostillasCharlie CostillasYoung GIGN Recruit #1
Ludovic MeacciYoung GIGN Recruit #2Laurent PaillotLaurent PaillotGIGN AdministrativeAntoine BaslerAntoine BaslerSolignacLouis ArèneLouis ArèneSolignac's AssistantHugo BeckerHugo BeckerLeroyHugues MartelHugues MartelOrsay Cabinet DirectorHervé DubourjalHervé DubourjalBeauvau Cabinet DirectorFrançois LescuratFrançois LescuratAeronautical ExpertThierry PiétraThierry PiétraDST agentAbdelhafid MetalsiAbdelhafid MetalsiAli TouchentJean-Philippe PuymartinJean-Philippe PuymartinAirplane Commander Bernard DelhemmeDavid SevierDavid SevierAirplane Co-pilot Jean-Paul BorderieMarc RobertMarc RobertMechanicSamira LachhabSamira LachhabLeïlaSamira SediraSamira SediraLeïla's MotherLounès TazairtLounès TazairtLeïla's FatherNicolas MeloccoNicolas MeloccoYannick Beunier

Storyline

December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.

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Info

Original title
L'Assaut
Status
Released
Released
17 January 2011
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (281 votes)

Production

Director
Julien Leclercq
Writers
Julien Leclercq, Simon Moutaïrou
Studios
Labyrinthe Films, BUF, Piste Rouge
Countries
France

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
Arabic, French