The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Edgar Ramírez
as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')

Alexander Scheer
as Johannes Weinrich

Nora Waldstätten
as Magdalena Kopp

Talal Jurdi
as Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')

Christoph Bach
as Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')

Julia Hummer
as Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')

Ahmad Kaabour
as Wadie Haddad

Fadi Abi Samra
as Michel Moukharbel

Rodney El Haddad
as Anis Naccache ('Khalid')

Antoine Balabane
as Général al-Khouly