Terror's Advocate
Original title: L'avocat de la terreur
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
- IIlich Ramírez Sánchez
- GGuillaume Durand
- PPol Pot
- DDjamila Bouhared
- KKlaus Barbie
- JJean-Paul Dollé
- BBassam Abu Sharif
- BBarbet Schroeder
- IIsabelle Coutant-Peyre
- AAbderrahmane Benhamida
Crew
- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Writer
- Barbet Schroeder
- Producer
- Rita Dagher
- Production
- Yalla Films, Wild Bunch
Frequently asked questions
What is Terror's Advocate rated?
Terror's Advocate has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 37 votes.
Who directed Terror's Advocate?
Terror's Advocate was directed by Barbet Schroeder.
When was Terror's Advocate released?
Terror's Advocate was released in 2007.
