Canada / Jun 06, 2007 / 14A
2h 15min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Participants interviewed include Algerian nationalists Yacef Saadi, Zohra Drif, Djamila Bouhired and Abderrahmane Benhamida, Khmer Rouge members Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, once far-left activists Hans-Joachim Klein and Magdalena Kopp, terrorist Carlos the Jackal, lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, neo-Nazi Ahmed Huber, Palestinian politician Bassam Abu Sharif, Lebanese politician Karim Pakradouni, political cartoonist Siné, former spy Claude Moniquet, novelist and ghostwriter Lionel Duroy, and investigative journalist Oliver Schröm.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jean-Paul Dollé | Self |
| Barbet Schroeder | Narrator (voice) |
| Guillaume Durand | Self (archive footage) |
| Klaus Barbie | Self (archive footage) |
| Zohra Drif-Bitat | Self |
| Bassam Abu Sharif | Self |
| Pol Pot | Self |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'avocat de la terreur |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | English, Français, Deutsch |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Yalla Films, Wild Bunch |
| Official site | magpictures.com |
| Release date | 6 giugno 2007 |
| Production | Rita Dagher, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval |
| Writer | Barbet Schroeder |
| Editing | Nelly Quettier |
| Cinematography | Caroline Champetier, Jean-Luc Perreard |
| Assistant directors | Eugénie Grandval, Barbet Schroeder |
| Camera operators | Caroline Champetier, Jean-Luc Perreard |
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| Additional photography | Caroline Champetier, Jean-Luc Perreard |
| Music | Jorge Arriagada, Yves Coméliau, Béatrice Wick, Dominique Hennequin |
| Sound | Yves Coméliau, Béatrice Wick, Dominique Hennequin, Jorge Arriagada |
Release dates
Theatrical release
France / Jun 06, 2007
Norway / Dec 07, 2007 / 15
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