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Les Avocats du Diable

Les Avocats du Diable

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 19, 1981

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama

User Score

100%

Original Title

Les Avocats du Diable

Production Companies

Antenne 2

Director

André Cayatte

Description

In 1958 in Paris, during the Algerian War, a young trainee lawyer, Maître Chabrier, was assigned to defend an Algerian garbage collector against paratroopers who had beaten him. Stay out of Algerian affairs, his peers advise him because the trial is taking a political turn. Chabrier acquired the reputation of the Fellaghas' lawyer.