The Big Battalions

Name: The Big Battalions
Released: 1992
Rating: 7.3

1992 · TV · Latest ep Dec 17, 1992

60 min per episode English Miniseries Ended

3 votes

DramaWar & Politics

The Big Battalions tells the story of three families, Christian, Muslim and Jewish, and moves between Britain, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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· 372 km

Cast, directors & writers

Behailu Nekeatebeb

Yared

Juliet Aubrey

Susan

Brian Cox

Edward Hoyland

Jane Lapotaire

Martha Hoyland

Alexander Siddig

Yousef

Siobhán McCarthy

Lizzie Goodhew

Nadim Sawalha

Ahmed

Michael Shannon

David

Yoav Tsafir

Gil

Malcolm Sinclair

Alan Sturridge

Behailu Mengesha

Sesay

Andrew Grieve

Director

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