Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)

7.1/10 268 min War Documentary

Overview

Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

Cast

Klaus Barbie

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Marcel Ophüls

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Serge Klarsfeld

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Beate Klarsfeld

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Claude Lanzmann

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit

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Günter Grass

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Jacques Vergès

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Régis Debray

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Bertrand Tavernier

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Lucie Aubrac

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