Terrorists in Retirement (1985)

ALL 07/26/1985 (fr) Documentary 84 Min
  • Release
    07/26/1985
  • Production
    La Cécilia, Copra Films, Antenne 2
  • Rotten tomato
    87%
  • Original title
    Des terroristes à la retraite
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those from Eastern Europe. Many were Jews and all had fled their native countries before the war broke out. They were among the most staunch and fearless enemies of fascism, as shown here in personal interviews and memoirs of war-time experiences. But the most famous of these immigrants were 23 who were rounded up among several hundred Parisians in 1943, tried for their activities, and executed -- all were immigrants under the leadership of the Armenian poet Manouchian. After their execution, Paris was papered with posters decrying these 23 martyrs as "foreign communists."

  1. Mosco Boucault

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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  1. Simone Signoret

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Gérard Desarthe

    Narrator (voice)

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 19

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Terrorists in Retirement (1985) 84 Min

ALL 07/26/1985 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 07/26/1985
  • Production
    La Cécilia, Copra Films, Antenne 2
  • Original title Des terroristes à la retraite
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those from Eastern Europe. Many were Jews and all had fled their native countries before the war broke out. They were among the most staunch and fearless enemies of fascism, as shown here in personal interviews and memoirs of war-time experiences. But the most famous of these immigrants were 23 who were rounded up among several hundred Parisians in 1943, tried for their activities, and executed -- all were immigrants under the leadership of the Armenian poet Manouchian. After their execution, Paris was papered with posters decrying these 23 martyrs as "foreign communists."

  1. Mosco Boucault

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Christiane Lehérissey, Chantal Rémy

    Editor

  4. Producer