| Free Men (Les hommes libres) | |
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| Directed by | Ismaël Ferroukhi |
| Screenplay by | Ismaël Ferroukhi Alain-Michel Blanc (fr) |
| Produced by | Fabienne Vonier (fr) |
| Starring | Tahar Rahim Michael Lonsdale Mahmoud Shalaby (fr) |
| Cinematography | Jérôme Alméras |
| Edited by | Annette Dutertre (fr) |
| Music by | Armand Amar |
Production company | Pyramide Productions |
| Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution (France) |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | USD 1.2 million worldwide[2] |
Free Men (French: Les Hommes libres) is a 2011 French war drama film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other Muslims from the Maghreb in Paris played in the French Resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944).
It features two historic figures: Si Kaddour Benghabrit, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and Salim Halali, an Algerian Jewish singer. The film stars Tahar Rahim playing a fictional young Algerian and Michael Lonsdale as the rector.
- ^ IMDb: Free Men Release Info Linked 17 February 2014
- ^ Box Office Mojo: Free Men – Foreign total by September 2012 Linked 17 February 2014