Death Squadrons: The French School

Death Squadrons: The French School

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2003-09-01

After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.

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Death Squadrons: The French School

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After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.

Released

2003-09-01

Runtime

59

Director

Marie-Monique Robin

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

History

Drama

Language

English

Production

ARTE

SODEC

Productions Thalie

WDR

RTS

Libérations Films

ONF | NFB

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    Anibal Acosta

    Anibal Acosta
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    Alcides Lopez Aufranc

    Alcides Lopez Aufranc
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    Carl Bernard

    Carl Bernard
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    Michel Besineau

    Michel Besineau
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    Manuel Contreras

    Manuel Contreras
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    Paul Teitgen

    Paul Teitgen
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    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Messmer
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    Julia Urien-Cartailler

    Julia Urien-Cartailler
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    Albano Harguindeguy

    Albano Harguindeguy