CHoosing at Twenty
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2017-08-24
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
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Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
Released
2017-08-24
Runtime
100
Director
Villi Hermann
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Documentary
Language
العربية
Production
Imagofilm Lugano
RTS
RSI
Cirta Films
Casts
Freddy Buache
Freddy Buache
André Gazut
André Gazut
Diego Masson
Diego Masson
Nils Andersson
Nils AnderssonJacques Baynac
Jacques BaynacAnita Bernard
Anita BernardAndré Bernard
André BernardClaude Garino
Claude GarinoJean-Claude Girardin
Jean-Claude GirardinClaude Glayman
Claude GlaymanLillis Kielland
Lillis KiellandPierre Leray
Pierre LerayPaul Kobisch
Paul KobischSimone Mohr
Simone MohrJean Mohr
Jean MohrMichel Monod
Michel MonodLouis Orhant
Louis OrhantJacques Pous
Jacques Pous