"The Irish army's forgotten battle"

2016

1h 48m

7.1(905 votes)

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Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

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35 members

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Jamie Dornan

Pat Quinlan

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Guillaume Canet

Rene Faulques

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Mark Strong

Conor Cruise O'Brien

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Jason O'Mara

Sgt. Jack Prendergast

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Michael McElhatton

General McEntee

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Mikael Persbrandt

Dag Hammarskjold

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Danny Sapani

Moise Tshombe

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Fionn O'Shea

William Reidy

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Fiona Glascott

Carmel Quinlan

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Emmanuelle Seigner

Madame LaFontagne

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Conor Quinlan

P.J. (Patrick Joyce)

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Sam Keeley

Billy (Sniper) Ready

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Conor MacNeill

Radio Operator

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Luc Van Gunderbeeck

Charles de Gaulle

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Jordan Mifsud

John Donnelly

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Charlie Kelly

Walter Hegarty

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Mike Noble

Charles Cooley

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Ronan Raftery

John Gorman

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Gérard Rudolf

Black Jack

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Ashish Gangapersad

General Raja

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Richard Lukunku

Patrice Lumumba

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Andrew Stock

Man in White Suit

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Thulasizwe Kubheka

Tshombe's Aide

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Michael Richard

USSR Ambassador

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Jonathan Holby

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Danny Keogh

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Charmaine Weir Smith

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Robert van de Coolwijk

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Mike Bodie

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Kyle Ryan Diffenthal

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Robert Hobbs

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Ashley Taylor

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Leon Clingman

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Garth Breytenbach

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Alexander Tops

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