Death Squadrons: The French School
Death Squadrons: The French School

Death Squadrons: The French School

9.0(2 votes)
2003
0h 59m
Documentary
History
Drama

After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.

Production

ARTE, SODEC, Productions Thalie, WDR, RTS, Libérations Films, ONF | NFB

Cast

Anibal Acosta

Anibal Acosta

Alcides Lopez Aufranc

Alcides Lopez Aufranc

Carl Bernard

Carl Bernard

Michel Besineau

Michel Besineau

Manuel Contreras

Manuel Contreras

Self

Paul Teitgen

Paul Teitgen

Self

Pierre Messmer

Pierre Messmer

Self

Julia Urien-Cartailler

Julia Urien-Cartailler

Self

Albano Harguindeguy

Albano Harguindeguy

Self

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