The Giant Buddhas | |
Starring: | Taysir Alony Sayeed Mirza Hussain Nelofer Pazira Zémaryalaï Tarzi Xuanzang |
Director: | Christian Frei |
Country: | Switzerland |
Producer: | Christian Frei |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Language: | Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin |
Music: | Jan Garbarek Philip Glass Steve Kuhn Arvo Pärt |
Cinematography: | Peter Indergand |
The Giant Buddhas (2005) is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan by the Taliban in March 2001.[1]
The film premiered in August 2005 and was released in March 2006.[2] 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.[3]