"A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers."
Birgitta Assheuer
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Îlham Ahmed
as Self - Politician
Zaher al-Saket
as Self - Former Syrian Military Gen.
Mohammad Almahmoud
as Self - Syrian Refugee
Yaakov Amidror
as Self - Security Advisor
Mehmet Beshir
as Self - Al-Hawl Camp Leader
Jonathan Conricus
as Self - Israeli Army Colonel
Sam Dagher
as Self - Assad Family Biographer
Muhamed Demer
as Self - German ISIS Member
Can Dündar
as Self - Journalist
İyad el-Baghdadi
as Self - Human Rights Activist
Wadih El Hayek
Robert Ford
as Self - Former USA Amb. in Syria
Burhan Ghalioun
as Self - Former SNC Chairman
Hussein Ghrer
as Self - Political Activist
Hassan Hassan
as Self - Middle East Expert
Homam Hout
as Self - Filmmaker
Salim Idris
as Self - Former Syrian Military Brig. Gen.
İbrahim Kalın
as Self - Pres. Erdoğan Advisor
Halil Katira
as Self - Artisan
Mark Lowcock
as Self - UNOCHA USG/ERC
Selim Marinli
as Self - Merchant
Tobias Schneider
as Self - Security Analyst
Sima Shine
Dmitri Trenin
as Self - Former Intelligence Officer
Hafez al-Assad
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bashar Hafez al-Assad
Barack Obama
Vladimir Putin
Ali Akbar Velayati
Qasem Soleimani
as Self - IRGC Maj. Gen. (archive footage)
Andrzej Klamt
Director
Martin Pieper
Commissioning Editor
Patrick Pardella
Editor
Writer
Moritz Beneke
Sound
Katharina Krohmann
Line Producer
Andreas Radzuweit
Sound Mixer
Christoph Caron
Oliver M. Piecha
Technical Advisor
Ronald Urbanczyk
Researcher
Mike Glöckner
Türkan Schirmer
Georg Reichelt
Original Music Composer
Hennes Grossmann
Philip Flämig
Director of Photography
Alex Sutula
Additional Camera
Manhal Arroub
Co-Writer
Harald Schmuck
Frank Amann
Andrej Anenin
Mert Özkan
Mathieu Mazza
Tim Greiner
Post Production Supervisor
Bernd Güßbacher
Laura Krestan