Days of Glory (2006)

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…

Released Sept. 27, 2006 128 min 17+

Genres: Drama, History, War

Keywords: tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.northern-africa, tmdb.army, tmdb.institutional-discrimination, tmdb.infantry, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.certified-fresh + 267 more, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.year-1944, imdb.year-1943, imdb.algeria, imdb.year-1945, imdb.milking-a-cow, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.afro-french, imdb.ally, imdb.reciting-quran, imdb.qur-an, imdb.reading-the-quran, imdb.muslim-man, imdb.france-country-flag, imdb.pray, imdb.north-africa, imdb.french-girl, imdb.algerian-music, imdb.blue-eyes, imdb.jesus-christ-statue, imdb.reference-to-jesus-christ, imdb.arabic-writing, imdb.reference-to-charles-de-gaulle, imdb.drinking-whiskey, imdb.reference-to-adolf-hitler, imdb.black-muslim, imdb.muslim-arab, imdb.algerian-woman, imdb.setif-algeria, imdb.milking-cow, imdb.ungrateful, imdb.tomato, imdb.speaking-arabic, imdb.holding-position, imdb.tattoo-on-chest, tmdb.algerian, imdb.muslim, imdb.ballet-dancer, imdb.race-relations, imdb.donkey, imdb.islam, imdb.death-of-brother, imdb.cow, imdb.milk, imdb.german-army, imdb.italia, imdb.love-letter, imdb.africa, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.sole-survivor, awards.oscar-nominated, tmdb.appreciative, imdb.1940s, imdb.coffee, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.farm, imdb.frenchwoman, imdb.bare-chested-man, imdb.sharpening-a-knife, imdb.robbing-a-dead-body, imdb.kiss-on-the-lips, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.combat-helmet, imdb.military-back-pack, imdb.nazi-oppression, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, imdb.20th-century, imdb.soldier, imdb.sergeant, imdb.love, imdb.alsace, imdb.nazi, imdb.food, imdb.french-soldier, imdb.italy, imdb.volunteer, imdb.fraternity, imdb.equality, imdb.liberty, imdb.private, imdb.money, imdb.corporal, imdb.injustice, imdb.french-army, imdb.north-african, imdb.army, imdb.nco, imdb.wehrmacht, imdb.horseback-riding, imdb.nazi-occupied-france, imdb.nazi-soldier, imdb.military-uniform, imdb.dying-young, imdb.vosgian-forest, imdb.maghreb, imdb.free-french, imdb.racial-segregation, imdb.segregation, imdb.cannon-fodder, imdb.moroccan, imdb.booby-trap, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.encampment, imdb.ammunition, imdb.self-respect, imdb.party, imdb.colonel, imdb.mule, imdb.staff-sergeant, imdb.military-officer, imdb.trip-wire, imdb.military-jail, imdb.jail, imdb.education, imdb.mirror, imdb.shaving, imdb.medal, imdb.war-reporter, imdb.ship, imdb.poverty, imdb.rifle-punch-to-the-gut, imdb.drummer, imdb.flute, imdb.theater-audience, imdb.theater-production, imdb.map, imdb.vichy, imdb.bus, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.tombstone, imdb.grave-marker, imdb.civil-rights, imdb.souvenir, imdb.pocket-watch, imdb.campfire, imdb.mountain, imdb.airplane-stewardess, imdb.ballet, imdb.drinking, imdb.drink, imdb.whiskey, imdb.knife-held-to-throat, imdb.paris-france, imdb.swastika, imdb.word-of-honor, imdb.betrayal, imdb.humiliation, imdb.village, imdb.head-wound, imdb.wallet, imdb.la-marseillaise, imdb.dancing, imdb.dancer, imdb.song, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.pacification, imdb.immigrant, imdb.politics, imdb.mortar, imdb.battle, imdb.binoculars, imdb.foxhole, imdb.artillery, imdb.flash-forward, imdb.military-police, imdb.firearm, imdb.awol, imdb.deserter, imdb.arrest, imdb.arm-injury, imdb.hand-injury, imdb.forest, imdb.iron-cross, imdb.massacre, imdb.french-military, imdb.crucifix, imdb.catholic, imdb.church, imdb.bridge, imdb.cigar-smoking, imdb.kiss, imdb.celebration, imdb.liberation, imdb.captain, imdb.tent, imdb.target-practice, imdb.marksman, imdb.red-cross, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.dead-horse, imdb.dead-dog, imdb.dead-animal, imdb.corpse, imdb.photographer, imdb.camera, imdb.provence, imdb.burial, imdb.grave, imdb.graveyard, imdb.reference-to-charles-degaulle, imdb.freeze-to-death, imdb.snow, imdb.illiteracy, imdb.dying, imdb.newsreel-footage, imdb.nazi-occupation, imdb.german-occupation, imdb.berber, imdb.injury, imdb.cultural-difference, imdb.class-differences, imdb.cross, imdb.arabic, imdb.wound, imdb.patriotism, imdb.tears, imdb.crying, imdb.saving-a-life, imdb.eating, imdb.photograph, imdb.letter, imdb.racial-prejudice, imdb.prejudice, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.justice, imdb.robbery, imdb.theft, imdb.thief, imdb.reference-to-allah, imdb.prayer, imdb.reference-to-god, imdb.military-training, imdb.hand-grenade, imdb.knife, imdb.rifle, imdb.gun, imdb.mutiny, imdb.colonialism, imdb.blood, imdb.dead-body, imdb.murder, imdb.german-soldier, imdb.morocco, imdb.local-blockbuster, imdb.uniform, imdb.military, imdb.automatic-weapon, imdb.armor, imdb.machine-gun, imdb.fire, imdb.explosion, imdb.death, imdb.bazooka, imdb.ethnic-slur, imdb.military-enlistment, imdb.combat, imdb.steel-helmet, imdb.infantry, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, tmdb.french-algerian, tmdb.french-algeria, soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.2-35-1, awards.festival-cannes-winner, release.dvd