Section spéciale
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Director Costa-Gavras Music director Eric Demarsan Language French | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History, Thriller Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Jorge Semprun , Herve Villere Release date 23 April 1975 Screenplay Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprun Cast Louis Seigner (Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy), Michael Lonsdale (Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l\'intérieur), Claude Piéplu (Bénon - le président de la section spéciale), Pierre Dux (Le procureur général Cavarroc), Heinz Bennent (Le major Beumelburg), Michel Galabru (Le président Cournet)Similar movies Fury , The Monuments Men , A Time to Kill , A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master , In the Cut , Frozen |
Section spe ciale costa gavras 1975
Section spéciale (English title Special Section) is a 1975 French film, directed by Costa-Gavras and based on a book L'affaire de la Section Spéciale by Hervé Villeré. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennent and Claude Piéplu. It is named after the Special Sections of Vichy France.
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The film shared the Best Director prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best foreign film.
Section spe ciale costa gavras 1975
Plot

In France during the German occupation, a young German naval officer is killed in Paris by a group of leftist activists. The compliant Vichy government seeks to appease the Germans by locating the perpetrators and agreeing to the execution of six people, and a special section is set up for this purpose. The section consists of judges who are too ambitious, cowardly or inhuman to refuse such work. The flames of totalitarianism must be stoked, even with innocent blood, and it is especially convenient to the government if the accused are thoroughly expendable in their eyes.