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Special Section is a french film of genre Drama directed by Costa-Gavras released in USA on 7 december 1975 with Michael Lonsdale
Special Section (1975)
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Add to a movie listSection 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.
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.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Michael Lonsdale
(Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur)
Louis Seigner
(Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy)
Roland Bertin
(Georges Dayras)
Pierre Dux
(Le procureur général Cavarroc)
Claude Piéplu
(Bénon - le président de la section spéciale)
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