Ghosts of Afghanistan

Emmy Award winning writer Graeme Smith takes the viewer directly into the struggle for Afghan peace: The war on terror has been raging in Afghanistan for 20 years and has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. The peace agreement between the USA and the Taliban is supposed to herald the end of the war. But chaos reigns in Afghanistan.

Year

2021

Length

87 min

Director

Julian Sher

The Taliban have regained their strength. Suicide attacks, bombings and kidnappings kill more than 3,000 civilians every year. The country is characterized by corruption and drug trafficking, in which the Afghan government in particular earns well. Exclusive access to high-ranking government leaders and Taliban commanders, as well as women’s rights activists who put their lives on the line, provide internal insights into the longest and costliest conflict in the history of the NATO alliance.

Credits

Directed by
Julian Sher

Written by
Julian Sher
Graeme Smith
Natalie Dubois

Executive Producer
Arnie Gelbart
Christian Beetz

Commissioning Editor
Imke Meier (ZDFinfo)

Produced by
Natalie Dubois

Expert Consultant
Graeme Smith

Director of Photography
Igbal Sapand

Editor
Susan Shanks
Oliver Szyza

Production Manager
Gloria Straccini

Dramaturgy
Tuan Lam

Creative Producer
Julia Krampe

Postproduction Manager
Xavier Agudo

Line Producer
Kathrin Isberner

Sales & distribution

Trailer

„Just in diesem Moment überraschen uns die aus dem Theaterbereich stammenden jungen Regisseure Hans Block und Moritz Riesewieck mit einem erstaunlichen Dokumentarfilm, der seit Monaten Publikum und Kritik auf den wichtigsten Festivals der Welt elektrisiert. Völlig zu Recht: Es ist, als würden einem die Scheuklappen weggerissen, als sähe man das, was sich seit Jahren direkt vor unseren Augen abspielt, zum ersten Mal unverschleiert... eine fesselnde ,Doku noir' mit höchstem Anspruch...Dieser Film müsste an allen Schulen gezeigt werden.“

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

17.05.2018