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Directed by | Christian Frei |
Produced by | Christian Frei |
Starring | Taysir Alony Sayeed Mirza Hussain Nelofer Pazira Zémaryalaï Tarzi Xuanzang |
Cinematography | Peter Indergand |
Music by | Jan Garbarek Philip Glass Steve Kuhn Arvo Pärt |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Languages | Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin |
The Giant Buddhas (2005) is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. The film premiered in August 2005 and was released in March 2006.[1] The movie quotes local Afghans that the destruction was ordered by Osama bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction.[2]