The Terror’s Advocate

Barbet Schroeder

Original title: L’avocat de la terreur

This is a documentary about Jacques Vergès, a controversial lawyer who defended unpopular, and even hated, figures in court. Among his clients list, there are people involved in murders, assaults, and terrorism, ranging from Carlos the Jackal and Nazi criminal Klaus Barbie to Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.

  • Duration: 135’
  • Production year: 2007
  • Country: FR
  • Language: FR, DE, EN, KM Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

Cannes Film Festival 2007
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2008
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008

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