I Was a Stranger

Based on 14 million true stories.

12/31/20251h 43min6.8/10(29 TMDB votes)

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Directed by Brandt Andersen

Plot

A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.

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Cast

Yasmine Al Massri

Amira Homsi

Yahya Mahayni

Mustafa

Omar Sy

Marwan

Ziad Bakri

Fathi

Constantine Markoulakis

Stavros

Jason Beghe

Dr. Kroft

Ayman Samman

Shaheen

Massa Daoud

Rasha Homsi

Angeliki Papoulia

Helena

Saleh Bakri

Alaa

Jay Abdo

Papa Homsi

Vicky Papadopoulou

Charoula

Yumna Marwan

Rima Homsi

Baeyen Hoffman

Yusuf

Thanos Tokakis

Nikolas