Of Fathers and Sons (2017)
- Original title
- Of Fathers and Sons – Die Kinder des Kalifats
- Directed by
- Talal Derki
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows a radical Islamist family in war-torn Syria as the father raises his young sons to become jihadist fighters. It shows their daily life and training over a period of years.
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What happens
Of Fathers and Sons (Arabic: عن الآباء والأبناء ʿan al-ʾābāʾ wal-ʾabnāʾ) is a 2017 Arabic-language German-Syrian documentary film directed by Talal Derki about radical jihadism and terrorist training in Syria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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