Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchmen will suffice, but the problem is finding judges and jurors eager to participate in a sham trial of innocent men. The solution is a Special Section, a court comprised of individuals handpicked for this exact purpose.
- based on novel or book
- politics
- world war ii
- judgment
- courtroom
- nazism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Roland Bertin — Georges Dayras
- Hans Richter — Le général Otto von Stülpnagel
- Julien Bertheau — L'avocat général Victor Dupuich
- Yves Robert — Émile Bastard
- Bruno Cremer — Lucien Sampaix
- Jacques Perrin — Roger Lafarge
- Henri Serre — Préfet Ingrand
- Julien Guiomar — Le substitut général Tétaud
- Ivo Garrani — L'amiral François Darlan
- Directed
- Costa-Gavras
- Written
- Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 55 ratings
- Studio
- Janus Film und Fernsehen, KG Productions, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Reggane Films, Goriz Films
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