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.
| Writing | Khaled Hosseini | Novel |
| Directing | Marc Forster | Director |
| Writing | David Benioff | Screenplay |
| Camera | Roberto Schaefer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sam Mendes | Executive Producer |
| Production | William Horberg | Producer |
| Editing | Alex Olivares | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Nancy Fuller | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Jake Rice | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Rebecca Yeldham | Producer |
| Editing | Matt Chessé | Editor |
| Production | Kate Dowd | Casting |
| Editing | Linda Williams | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Eriko Miyagawa | Casting |
| Production | E. Bennett Walsh | Producer |
| Editing | Mike Brosius | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Chantal Nong Vo | Producer's Assistant |
| Sound | Alberto Iglesias | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
