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Les Avocats du Diable

Les Avocats du Diable

8.5 (2) ·1981 ·79 min ·Movie
TV Movie Drama

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.

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Laurent Malet
Laurent Malet
Maître Pierre Chabrier
Anne-Marie Philipe
Anne-Marie Philipe
Isabelle Chabrier
Mohamed Zinet
Mohamed Zinet
Mechtir
Raymond Gérôme
Raymond Gérôme
Maître Jules Corvisart
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair
Maître Orsini Belcourt
Amidou
Amidou
Leader of the FLN
Michel Beaune
Michel Beaune
Commissioner of General Intelligence
Victor Garrivier
Victor Garrivier
Criminal prosecutor
Henri-Jacques Huet
Henri-Jacques Huet
Prefect
Jacques Mauclair
Jacques Mauclair
President of the military court

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