The Siege of Mecca

52m
Documentary
4

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…

Cast

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal
Self
Mark Gregory Hambley
Self
Christian Prouteau
Self
Christian Lambert
Self
Ignace Wodecki
Self
Paul Barril
Self

Crew

Dirk van den Berg
Director, Writer, Producer
Christophe Gauthier
Color Grading
Pascal Verroust
Producer
Tareq Aldakhilallah
Associate Producer
Anne Gènevaux
Associate Producer
Isabelle Zaborowski
Post Producer
Delphine Thelliez
Sound Editor
Nico Di Biase
Production Director

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