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Terror's Advocate

Original title: L'avocat de la terreur
  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • 2h 15m
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7.1/10
1.7K
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Terror's Advocate (2007)
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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 den... Read allA 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.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
    • Barbet Schroeder
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Barbet Schroeder
    • Stars
      • Jacques Vergès
      • Klaus Barbie
      • Barbet Schroeder
    • 10User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations

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    Terror's Advocate Scene: Nuon Chea
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    Jacques Vergès
    Jacques Vergès
    • Self
    Klaus Barbie
    Klaus Barbie
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Barbet Schroeder
    Barbet Schroeder
    • Récitant
    • (voice)
    • …
    Bassam Abu Sharif
    • Self
    Abderrahmane Benhamida
    • Self
    Djamila Bouhared
    • Self
    Bachir Boumaza
    • Self
    Maître Brahimi
    • Self
    Louis Caprioli
    • Self
    Nuon Chea
    • Self
    Isabelle Coutant-Peyre
    • Self
    Jean-Paul Dollé
    • Self
    Zohra Drif-Bitat
    • Self
    • (as Zohra Drif)
    Guillaume Durand
    Guillaume Durand
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Lionel Duroy
    • Self
    Claude Faure
    • Self
    David Flinchheimer
    • Self
    Horst Franz
    • Self
    • Director
      • Barbet Schroeder
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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."

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Best of 2007 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Unbeschreiblich weiblich
      Written by Nina Hagen and Manfred Praeker

      Performed by Nina Hagen

    User reviews10

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    5/10
    arrogant douche documentary
    Jacques Vergès has been the defense attorney for members of the Khmer Rouge, Algerian FLN, Palestinian PFLP, and other terrorists. It starts with him as a French foot soldier. As a young lawyer, he's contacted by the Algierian resistance and he became their sympathetic disruptive famous lawyer. Using footage from "The Battle of Algiers", it tries to explain the struggle. It's mostly his friends, clients and supporters in this movie.

    The movie starts with him defending Khmer Rouge leaders and that's really annoying. This is very much an one-sided monologue. It's somewhat interesting to follow his life and career but he's a fanatic. He's not some ACLU lawyer looking to ensure rights of the condemned. This guy has no objectivity or sympathy other than for his clients. It feels like the movie is preaching to the choir. There is also an arrogance to the man that is off-putting. I don't know why he won't reveal where he was for those years. He's there smoking his cigar and I'm sure the documentarians must have asked. It's part of his superiority complex. It's not until the Nazi connections that the movie gets interesting but that takes over an hour to get there. However the movie fails to connect all the dots. This documentary fails to answer some very basic questions about who this guy is and where he comes from. The investigation is incomplete.

    Then there is the style of the documentary. It is non-stop talking heads make it rather boring. It's like trying to cobble together a narrative with each witness giving one or two sentences. Most docs use a narrator to direct and drive the discussion. This one needs something more than talking heads talking. This feels like a rambling run-on sentence.
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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
      • English
      • Central Khmer
    • Also known as
      • Djävulens advokat
    • Filming locations
      • Algiers, Algeria
    • Production companies
      • La Sofica Uni Etoile 3
      • Canal+
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $47,724
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,197
      • Oct 14, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,086,656
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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