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L'Abolition is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Charles Berling
L'Abolition (2008)
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Add to a movie listL'Abolition est un téléfilm franco-belge en deux parties réalisé par Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, diffusé en 2009 sur France 2 inspiré des livres de Robert Badinter : L'Exécution et L'Abolition.
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L'histoire de Robert Badinter qui fut l'artisan majeur de l'abolition de la peine de mort en France.Actors
Charles Berling
(Robert Badinter)
Didier Bezace
(Le président de la cour d'assises lors du procès Bontems)
Gérard Depardieu
(Henry Torrès)
Edwin Kruger
(L'assesseur du président de la cour d'assises)
Alain Fromager
(Philippe Lemaire)
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