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Death Squadrons: The French School
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Death Squadrons: The French School

2003-09-01 · 59 min · ★ 8.3

Documentary · History · Drama

After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.

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Directors
Marie-Monique Robin
Production companies
ARTE, SODEC, Productions Thalie, WDR, RTS, Libérations Films, ONF | NFB
Countries
Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Anibal Acosta
Alcides Lopez Aufranc
Carl BernardCarl Bernard
Michel Besineau
Manuel ContrerasSelf
Paul TeitgenPaul TeitgenSelf
Pierre MessmerPierre MessmerSelf
Julia Urien-CartaillerJulia Urien-CartaillerSelf
Albano HarguindeguySelf

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