Terror's Advocate (2007)

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135 min - Documentary | Biography | History - 6 June 2007 (France)

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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 916 users Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 7 user | 51 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Stars:

Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie and Barbet Schroeder

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Jacques Vergès	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Bassam Abu Sharif	...	Himself
	Klaus Barbie	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Abderrahmane Benhamida	...	Himself
	Djamila Bouhared	...	Herself
	Bachir Boumaâza	...	Himself
	Maître Brahimi	...	Himself
	Louis Caprioli	...	Himself
	Carlos	...	Himself (voice)
	Nuon Chea	...	Himself
	Isabelle Coutant-Peyre	...	Herself
	Jean-Paul Dollé	...	Himself
	Zohra Drif-Bitat	...	Herself (as Zohra Drif)
	Guillaume Durand	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Lionel Duroy	...	Himself

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An examination of the career of Jacques Vergès (1925- ), attorney for members of Algeria's FLN, Palestine's FPLP, the Khmer Rouge, Carlos and associates, Klaus Barbie, and other revolutionaries and outcasts. Archival footage, news articles, and photographs mix with contemporary interviews of Vergès, friends, associates, and historians. Connections with Nazis are explored, as well as Vergès's marriage to Djamila Bouhared, his courtroom methods, his disappearance from 1970 to 1978, and the roots of his radicalism. Throughout, Vergès remains playful and charming, with a soupçon of arrogance. The film suggests Vergès's anti-colonial nature is at his center. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Taglines:

Dictators. Terrorists. War Criminals. Meet the man who defended them all.

Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History

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Release Date:

6 June 2007 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

A terror ügyvédje See more »

Filming Locations:

Algiers, Algeria See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$11,197 (USA) (14 October 2007) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$41,938 (USA) (4 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Sofica Uni Etoile 3, Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

France: 135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Quotes

Jacques Vergès: I was asked "Would you defend Hitler?" I said "I'd even defend Bush! But only if he agrees to plead guilty."
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Connections

Features The Battle of Algiers (1966) See more »