Directed by:
Olivier AssayasCast:
Edgar Ramirez, Anna Thalbach, Farid Elouardi, Alexander Scheer, Juana Acosta, Nora von Waldstätten, Katharina Schüttler, Susanne Wuest, Ahmad Kaabour (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from a five-and-a-half-hour television miniseries, this three-hour biopic chronicles 20 years in the life of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez aka Carlos the Jackal. Édgar Ramírez stars in the title role as the ambitious, egotistical, yet powerfully charismatic man who founded a worldwide terrorist organisation and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before finally being captured by the French police. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Edgar Ramirez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/333/164333314_892fc0.jpg)
Edgar Ramirez
Venezuela
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
![Anna Thalbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/955/157955291_08c613.jpg)
Anna Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
![Farid Elouardi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/517/160517832_c41b9c.png)
Farid Elouardi
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
![Alexander Scheer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/143/158143692_7f497c.jpg)
Alexander Scheer
East Germany
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Sun Alley (1999)
![Juana Acosta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525619_8f0217.jpg)
Juana Acosta
Colombia
Best movies:
7 Years (2016)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Tiempo sin aire (2015)
![Nora von Waldstätten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/063/160063278_246f7c.jpg)
Nora von Waldstätten
Austria
Best movies:
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Free Country (2019)
![Katharina Schüttler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/933/160933097_e72438.jpg)
Katharina Schüttler
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
The Promise (2011) (series)
![Susanne Wuest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/588/160588198_c6d61a.jpg)
Susanne Wuest
Austria
Ahmad Kaabour
Lebanon
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
![Johann von Bülow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325050_a02e41.jpg)
Johann von Bülow
West Germany
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Frantz (2016)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
![Christoph Bach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/140/158140014_7b2d6e.jpg)
Christoph Bach
West Germany
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013)
Finsterworld (2013)
![Alexander Beyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412624_918f73.jpg)
Alexander Beyer
East Germany
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Persian Lessons (2020)
The Fox (2023)
![Timo Jacobs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/778/160778204_dda156.jpg)
Timo Jacobs
West Germany
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Bornholmer Straße (2014) (TV movie)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
![Udo Samel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/581/158581120_1fc225.jpg)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Die Rebellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Julia Hummer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172598_60d77c.jpg)
Julia Hummer
West Germany
Best movies:
Gigantics (1999)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
The State I Am In (2000)
![Karl Fischer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/065/160065097_fd9a9c.jpg)
Karl Fischer
Austria
Best movies:
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
My Best Enemy (2011)
![André Marcon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188137_dcbe7a.jpg)
André Marcon
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
A Flame in My Heart (1987)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Antoine Balabane
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
![Nicolas Briançon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/335/159335769_6fff83.jpg)
Nicolas Briançon
France
Best movies:
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
The Actress' Ball (2009)
Riton Liebman
Belgium
Best movies:
One for the Road (2009)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)