Poster of Terror's Advocate

Terror's Advocate

Plot: 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
Release Date: Wednesday, June 6 2007
17 years ago
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Portrait of Jacques VergèsJacques VergèsJacques Vergès was 82 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, Mar 05 1925 –
Thu, Aug 15 2013
Portrait of Ilich Ramírez SánchezIlich Ramírez SánchezIlich Ramírez Sánchez was 57 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self / Carlos the Jackal (voice)'.
Birthday: Wed, Oct 12 1949
Portrait of Yacef SaâdiYacef SaâdiYacef Saâdi was 79 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Jan 20 1928 –
Fri, Sep 10 2021
Portrait of Magdalena KoppMagdalena KoppMagdalena Kopp was 59 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Apr 02 1948 –
Mon, Jun 15 2015
Portrait of Abderrahmane BenhamidaAbderrahmane BenhamidaAbderrahmane Benhamida was 75 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Oct 21 1931 –
Sun, Sep 05 2010
Portrait of Djamila BouharedDjamila BouharedDjamila Bouhared was >> in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Isabelle Coutant-PeyreIsabelle Coutant-PeyreIsabelle Coutant-Peyre was 53 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sun, Jul 05 1953
Portrait of Jean-Paul DolléJean-Paul DolléJean-Paul Dollé was 67 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Nov 04 1939 –
Tue, Feb 01 2011
Portrait of Barbet SchroederBarbet SchroederBarbet Schroeder was 65 in Terror's Advocate as 'Narrator (voice)'.
Birthday: Tue, Aug 26 1941
Portrait of Guillaume DurandGuillaume DurandGuillaume Durand was 54 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Tue, Sep 23 1952
Portrait of Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieKlaus Barbie would have been no older than 77 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Sat, Oct 25 1913 –
Mon, Sep 23 1991
Portrait of Zohra Drif-BitatZohra Drif-BitatZohra Drif-Bitat was >> in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Bassam Abu SharifBassam Abu SharifBassam Abu Sharif was >> in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Pol PotPol PotPol Pot would have been no older than 72 in Terror's Advocate as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, May 19 1925 –
Wed, Apr 15 1998

Crew

Portrait of Barbet SchroederBarbet SchroederBarbet Schroeder was 65 in Terror's Advocate as 'Director, Scenario Writer'
Birthday: Tue, Aug 26 1941