Name: Carlos The Jackal
Released: 2010-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo

TV Show · Drama · Biography

CARLOS is based on the true story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal. He founded a worldwide terrorist organization and, after several mishandled bombings, led the 1975 raid on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, which killed three people.

2010 · 1h 38m

Starring Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo

Director Olivier Assayas

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

In 1973, Carlos the Jackal's fight for Palestinian rights saw him conduct attacks in London and Paris on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as get involved in a plot that would prove both audacious and ultimately cause a massive rift with his sponsors.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

At the head of a group of six activists, leftists from the German Revolutionary Cells, and Palestinian activists including Anis Naccache, Carlos takes control of the OPEC building, where he takes hostage the ministers and their accompanying delegations.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

With the events of 1975 and his links to the Middle East firmly behind him, Carlos has thrown in his lot with a variety of violent European causes. The coming change in world order is set to turn the terrorist's life upside down.