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Terror's Advocate

20072h 15mBarbet Schroeder
IMDb 7.1 · Rotten Tomatoes 87% · Metacritic 75

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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.

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What is Terror's Advocate (2007) about?

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…

Who stars in Terror's Advocate?

Terror's Advocate stars Jacques Vergès (Self), Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Self / Carlos the Jackal (voice)), Yacef Saâdi (Self), Magdalena Kopp (Self), Abderrahmane Benhamida (Self). The film was directed by Barbet Schroeder.

How long is Terror's Advocate?

Terror's Advocate has a runtime of 2 min and premiered in 2007.

Is Terror's Advocate worth watching?

Terror's Advocate holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 87. Fans of Documentary are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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