Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

The read

Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 4h 28m.

Synopsis

Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

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Key crew

• Marcel OphülsDirector
• Marcel OphülsWriter

Cast

• Klaus BarbieSelf
• Marcel OphülsSelf
• Serge KlarsfeldSelf
• Beate KlarsfeldSelf
• Claude LanzmannSelf
• Daniel Cohn-BenditSelf
• Günter GrassSelf
• Jacques VergèsSelf
• Régis DebraySelf
• Bertrand TavernierSelf
• Raymond AubracSelf
• Lucie AubracSelf

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