The Renegades - a long way home

“This is what your brother wanted: A martyr’s death.” Meral from Hamburg cannot believe it: Her little brother Ferhat, the baby of the family, is said to have died in the fight for the Islamic state. But she does not want to accept this.

The ex-terrorist Oliver has returned home. At the age of 16, he joined the IS terror organization and became the face of its propaganda machine. Today he is a 21-year-old war veteran, blind in one eye. The shrapnel from 19 grenades in his body remind him of the deeds of that time.

Oliver and Meral: he a perpetrator, she a victim of the radicalism of her own brother. Two wounded souls connected by a fateful photograph.

Die Heimkehr - Leben nach dem Terror - Still 1

The Renegades - a long way home

Lisa Maria Hagen, Mariam Noori

  • Documentary
Production Country / Year
Germany, Austria 2020
Language
de. OF mit en. UT
Format
Color, 76min
2.35:1, Dolby SR
Original Title
Die Heimkehr - Leben nach dem Terror

Director & Crew

Lisa Maria Hagen

Born in 1989 in Bavaria. Program trainee at NDR North German Broadcasting. Worked in Mexico for American and European broadcasters. Active as a video journalist for ARD in the fields of migration and Islamism.

Filmography

2020

  • DIE HEIMKEHR – LEBEN NACH DEM TERROR (Co-Regie), Dokumentarfilm  HOF 2020 

Mariam Noori

Born in 1987 in Afghanistan. Program trainee at NDR North German Broadcasting. Active as an investigative reporter for the Panorama editorial program.

Filmography

2020

  • DIE HEIMKEHR – LEBEN NACH DEM TERROR (Co-Regie), Dokumentarfilm  HOF 2020 
Writer
Lisa Maria Hagen
Mariam Noori
Director of Photography
Lisa Maria Hagen
Mariam Noori
Editor
Dietmar Schiffermüller
Sound Designer
Jan-Niklas Würpel
Music Composer
Ben Lukas Boysen
Producer
Dietmar Schiffermüller