The Siege of Mecca
On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This was the beginning of the siege of Mecca…
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Dirk K. van den Berg
- Cast: HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal, Mark Gregory Hambley, Christian Prouteau, Christian Lambert, Ignace Wodecki
- Country: Germany, France