Amir en Hassan zijn gevoed door dezelfde min en groeien samen op in de hoofdstad van Afghanistan. Bij de jaarlijkse vliegerwedstrijd in Kabul is Amir de vliegeraar, degene die het touw van de vlieger in handen heeft.
Nee, helaas is The Kite Runner nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Marc Forster | Director |
| Writing | Khaled Hosseini | Novel |
| Camera | Roberto Schaefer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | David Benioff | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Mendes | Executive Producer |
| Production | William Horberg | Producer |
| Editing | Jake Rice | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | E. Bennett Walsh | Producer |
| Editing | Matt Chessé | Editor |
| Editing | Mike Brosius | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Linda Williams | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Eriko Miyagawa | Casting |
| Production | Rebecca Yeldham | Producer |
| Editing | Alex Olivares | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Nancy Fuller | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Kate Dowd | Casting |
| Production | Chantal Nong Vo | Producer's Assistant |
| Sound | Alberto Iglesias | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
