Les Avocats du Diable (1981)
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.
Cast
Laurent Malet
Maître Pierre Chabrier
Anne-Marie Philipe
Isabelle Chabrier
Mohamed Zinet
Mechtir
Raymond Gérôme
Maître Jules Corvisart
Michel Auclair
Maître Orsini Belcourt
Amidou
Leader of the FLN
Michel Beaune
Commissioner of General Intelligence
Victor Garrivier
Criminal prosecutor
Henri-Jacques Huet
Prefect
Jacques Mauclair
President of the military court
Roland Monod
Franciscan
Jean Berger
René Camoin
President of the correctional court
Charles Charras
Batonnier
Alain Janey
Investigating judge
Jacques Lalande
General advocateRecommendations
The Stranger
Disgrace
Cléo from 5 to 7
Inspector Lavardin
Days of Glory
The Adversary
Marshall
My Dinner with Hervé
Catch a Fire
Suburbicon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Intimate Enemies
Devil in a Blue Dress
Case 137
Michou d'Auber
Jasper Jones
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Starving in Suburbia
The Truth About Emanuel
Sahara