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267 min - Documentary | Biography - November 1988 (USA)

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A documentary of the prozess against Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and about his life after the war.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Klaus Barbie	...	Himself
	Marcel Ophüls	...	Himself
	Johannes Schneider-Merck	...	German Import-Exporter, Barbie's Neighbour in Lima
	Raymond Lévy	...	Billiard Player in Lyon
	Marcel Cruat	...	Billiard Player in Lyon
	Henri Varlot	...	Billiard Player in Lyon
	Pierre Mérindol	...	Journalist from Lyon
	Johann Otten	...	Farmer, School Friend from Barbie's native village
	Peter Minn	...	Wehrmacht Major, retired, Barbie's high school friend
	Claude Bourdet	...	Resistance Leader
	Eugene Kolb	...	Lt., C.I.C. Control Officer, retired, Barbie's former Superior
	Lise Lesèvre	...	Member of the French Underground
	Lucie Aubrac	...	Resistance Leader
	Raymond Aubrac	...	Resistance Leader
	Simone Lagrange	...	Auschwitz Survivor

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This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Virtually all aspects of his life are covered. His childhood and schooling in Germany; his early military career; his role in the head of intelligence in Lyons; his post-war employment by the US military; his life in Bolivia; his return to Europe; his trial and conviction. Interviewed are friends, enemies, associates, heroes and traitors. Written by garykmcd

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