Captured by Japanese troops, he's saved from execution by
a communist guerrilla fighter played by Chow Yun Fat.
Meles Zenawi remained
a communist guerrilla fighter in his politics and occasionally paraphrased Joseph Stalin: once you have resolved what your political ends are, the means to get there are also justified.
He grew up at a time when
communist guerrilla fighters called Naxalites clashed with the government of Indira Gandhi.