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Escape from Kabul

Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the ...

Director

Jamie Roberts

Year

Genre

documentary, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/escape-from-kabul

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Oari Salahuddin Ayubi

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Sofia Flesch Baldin

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Olaf Creutzburg

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Jamshed Dawlatzai

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Jordan Eddington

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Mawlawi Samiullah Fateh

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Abdul Hadi Hamdan

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Said Sebghatullah Hashemi

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Malalai Hussainy

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Sebastian Mirow

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Zabihullah Mujahid

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Angelika Osusko

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Christopher Richardella

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Cornelia Schmidt

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Oari Mohammed Zahid

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[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

- Go! Get back! Go! Go! - Escape from Kabul

- Go! Get back! Go! Go!

[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul

- We were aggressive. - Escape from Kabul

- We were aggressive.

- CS gas. - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

We need flash-bangs.
We need nonlethal grenades. - Escape from Kabul

We need flash-bangs. We need nonlethal grenades.

[gunshots] - Escape from Kabul

- [screaming
in an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul

- [screaming in an Afghan language]

[people screaming] - Escape from Kabul

[people screaming]

- You know,
there was some letter - Escape from Kabul

- You know, there was some letter

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

I have this letter
from the embassy." - Escape from Kabul

I have this letter from the embassy."

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

- The stuff they went through, - Escape from Kabul

- The stuff they went through,

You're dealing
with people who, - Escape from Kabul

You're dealing with people who,

And that's the stuff
that if we did pull them in, - Escape from Kabul

And that's the stuff that if we did pull them in,

- It's every man
for himself right now, - Escape from Kabul

- It's every man for himself right now,

- Some people had been there
three, four, five days - Escape from Kabul

- Some people had been there three, four, five days

Families just handing
their babies over, - Escape from Kabul

Families just handing their babies over,

- And it's sad seeing these
newborns, these kids just-- - Escape from Kabul

- And it's sad seeing these newborns, these kids just--

And, you know, like, - Escape from Kabul

And, you know, like,

You know, some of the girls
on my team, you know, they-- - Escape from Kabul

You know, some of the girls on my team, you know, they--

- The orphans
that would come through - Escape from Kabul

- The orphans that would come through

They didn't know
where their parents were - Escape from Kabul

They didn't know where their parents were

- [speaking an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul

- [speaking an Afghan language]

- The next few days,
we started to get - Escape from Kabul

- The next few days, we started to get

- So we had Department
of State consulates - Escape from Kabul

- So we had Department of State consulates

- The gate would open up
only a few feet - Escape from Kabul

- The gate would open up only a few feet

- Because I had the paper
and the emails, - Escape from Kabul

- Because I had the paper and the emails,

[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul

[plane engine roaring]

Try to hope and freakin' pray
that I get on a plane - Escape from Kabul

Try to hope and freakin' pray that I get on a plane

- The circumstances
that I left, - Escape from Kabul

- The circumstances that I left,

You leave a place where
you never think you'll leave. - Escape from Kabul

You leave a place where you never think you'll leave.

We know that one of these gates
is being targeted. - Escape from Kabul

We know that one of these gates is being targeted.

[people shouting] - Escape from Kabul

[people shouting]

- North Gate and East Gate - Escape from Kabul

- North Gate and East Gate

That was a vehicle, - Escape from Kabul

That was a vehicle,

[people shouting] - Escape from Kabul

[people shouting]

- Get down!
- You all get down! - Escape from Kabul

- Get down! - You all get down!

- The North and the East Gate - Escape from Kabul

- The North and the East Gate

[people shouting] - Escape from Kabul

[people shouting]

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

They're like, "Hey, we're gonna
keep pushing people through." - Escape from Kabul

They're like, "Hey, we're gonna keep pushing ...

- It was carnage, - Escape from Kabul

- It was carnage,

- You see marines
that are torn up. - Escape from Kabul

- You see marines that are torn up.

It knocked me down, - Escape from Kabul

It knocked me down,

[people speaking an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul

[people speaking an Afghan language]

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

That's it, finito. - Escape from Kabul

That's it, finito.

- We're rapidly approaching
31 August. - Escape from Kabul

- We're rapidly approaching 31 August.

The destruction plan
went into full effect - Escape from Kabul

The destruction plan went into full effect

[glass shatters] - Escape from Kabul

[glass shatters]

- We're getting ready
to get on the flight, - Escape from Kabul

- We're getting ready to get on the flight,

- It was the last day. - Escape from Kabul

- It was the last day.

But to have the Taliban
take it over again, that's-- - Escape from Kabul

But to have the Taliban take it over again, that's--

We were packed in
just like evacuees, - Escape from Kabul

We were packed in just like evacuees,

Get back and reflect
on what we had just done. - Escape from Kabul

Get back and reflect on what we had just done.

- 20 years. - Escape from Kabul

But we have to live with what
we were not able to get done. - Escape from Kabul

But we have to live with what we were not able to get done.

[fireworks popping] - Escape from Kabul

[fireworks popping]

And I knew that my friends - Escape from Kabul

And I knew that my friends

The only option that we have
is to be strong - Escape from Kabul

The only option that we have is to be strong

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Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the ...

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Director: Jamie Roberts

Writer: N/A

Production: Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Sep 2022

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/escape-from-kabul