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I Was a Stranger

I Was a Stranger2025

★6.9103 minDramaThriller

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.

Director

Brandt Andersen

Writer

Brandt Andersen

Score

Stars

Yasmine Al Massri Yahya Mahayni Omar Sy

Cast23

Yasmine Al Massri
as Amira Homsi
Yahya Mahayni
as Mustafa
Omar Sy
as Marwan
Ziad Bakri
as Fathi
Constantine Markoulakis
as Stavros
Jason Beghe
as Dr. Kroft
Ayman Samman
as Shaheen
Massa Daoud
as Rasha Homsi
Angeliki Papoulia
as Helena
Saleh Bakri
as Alaa
J
Jay Abdo
as Papa Homsi
Vicky Papadopoulou
as Charoula
Yumna Marwan
as Rima Homsi
Baeyen Hoffman
as Yusuf
Thanos Tokakis
as Nikolas
Konstadinos Danikas
as Babis
Mahmood Bakri
as Tarek
I
Ioanna Meli
as Saylor
C
Carlos Chahine
as Jack
Fares Al-Helou
as Adeem Faris
Grigoria Metheniti
as Mando
S
Sara El Debuch
as Sara
Rami Farah
as Muhammad

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