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Les Avocats du Diable

(1981)

May 19, 1981 1h 19m
100%
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Overview

In 1958 in Paris, during the Algerian War, a young trainee lawyer, Maître Chabrier, was assigned to defend an Algerian garbage collector against paratroopers who had beaten him. Stay out of Algerian affairs, his peers advise him because the trial is taking a political turn. Chabrier acquired the reputation of the Fellaghas' lawyer.

André Cayatte

Director

Top Billed Cast

LM

Laurent Malet

Maître Pierre Chabrier

AP

Anne-Marie Philipe

Isabelle Chabrier

MZ

Mohamed Zinet

Mechtir

RG

Raymond Gérôme

Maître Jules Corvisart

MA

Michel Auclair

Maître Orsini Belcourt

A

Amidou

Leader of the FLN

MB

Michel Beaune

Commissioner of General Intelligence

VG

Victor Garrivier

Criminal prosecutor

HH

Henri-Jacques Huet

Prefect

JM

Jacques Mauclair

President of the military court

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