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The Siege of Jadotville

2016 1h 48m English 7.2
Action, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
In 1961, the UN sends an Irish peacekeeper troop commanded by Commandant Pat Quinlan to Katanga, in Congo, to protect the inhabitants of the mining town of Jadotville in the beginning of a civil war. Meanwhile the UN advisor Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien launches a military attack named Operation Morthor against the French and Belgian mercenaries. Soon there is a reprisal from the mercenaries and Quinlan and his men are left under siege by a huge number of Katangese and mercenary troops. Will the Irish soldiers resist the attack?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cast

Mark Strong
Mark Strong
as Conor Cruise O'Brien
Mikael Persbrandt
Mikael Persbrandt
as Dag Hammarskjold
Jamie Dornan
Jamie Dornan
as Patrick Quinlan
Danny Keogh
Danny Keogh
as Gorman's Father

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