Carlos - Der Schakal

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Preceding the film is a disclaimer that states that although the story was composed through historical and journalistic research, many details of Carlos' life remain a mystery and that the film should be viewed as a work of fiction.In Paris, in 1970, Mohammed Boudia, the head of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine's (PFLP) French contingent, is killed when a bomb, presumably planted by Mossad, explodes after he gets in his car. About a month later, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a Venezuelan separatist devoted to the PFLP, travels to Beirut and meets with Wadi Haddad, a leader of the PFLP. Haddad considers Sanchez' offer to head PFLP operations in London, under the supervision of, "Andre", another operative working out of Paris. When asked what his code name will be, Sanchez answers "Carlos."Carlos is charged by Haddad and Andre with assassinating the owner of a London clothier sympathetic to Israeli Zionism. Carlos drives to the man's house, dons a mask and forces his way in, however, he...