---
title: 'The Giant Buddhas (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Frei'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-giant-buddhas-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478157/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Giant Buddhas (2005)

2005 · 95 min · Documentary · Switzerland


## Synopsis

The Giant Buddhas is a 2005 Swiss documentary film written and directed by Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddha statues in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley after the Taliban ordered the destruction of figurative representations in February 2001. It premiered in August 2005 and won awards including the Silver Dove at DOK Leipzig in 2005 and the Silver Gentian at the 2006 Trento Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christian Frei](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-frei)
- **Producer:** [Christian Frei](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-frei)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jan Garbarek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-garbarek)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Indergand](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-indergand)

## Cast

- [Nelofer Pazira](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelofer-pazira)

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