Armadillo
For you it's a movie. For them it's reality.
- 2010
- Rated NR
- 1h 45m
- Documentary
- War
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(135 votes)
Overview
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal – no actors.
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Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Documentary (2010)
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Box office
Made on a $1.5M budget
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Kasper TorstingWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 27, 2010
- Original language
- Danish
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Countries
- Denmark, Sweden, Afghanistan
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