Special Section (1975)
1h 58m
Running Time
April 23, 1975Release Date
Plot.
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
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Cast & Crew.
Louis Seigner
Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy
Michael Lonsdale
Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
Claude Piéplu
Bénon - le président de la section spéciale
Pierre Dux
Le procureur général Cavarroc
Heinz Bennent
Le major Beumelburg
Michel Galabru
Le président Cournet
Jacques Spiesser
Pierre Georges, dit Frédo
Roland Bertin
Georges Dayras
Hans Richter
Le général Otto von Stülpnagel
Julien Bertheau
L'avocat général Victor Dupuich
Yves Robert
Émile Bastard
Bruno Cremer
Lucien Sampaix
Jacques Perrin
Roger Lafarge / Producer
Henri Serre
Préfet Ingrand
Julien Guiomar
Le substitut général Tétaud
Ivo Garrani
L'amiral François Darlan
François Maistre
Marquis de Brinon
Jacques François
Maurice Gabolde
Claudio Gora
Francis Villette
Jean Bouise
René Linais
Yves Montand
Un milicien
Jacques Mathou
Un milicien
Éric Demarsan
Original Music Composer
Costa-Gavras
Director / Producer / Writer
Jorge Semprún
Writer
Andréas Winding
Director of Photography
Hélène Nourry
Costume Design
Gérard Crosnier
Executive Producer
Max Douy
Set Decoration
Giorgio Silvagni
Producer
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Producer
Françoise Bonnot
Editor
Claude Heymann
Associate Producer
Hervé Villeré
Novel
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 23, 1975
Original NameSection spéciale
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
world war ii
politics
judgment
courtroom
nazism
Wiki.
Special Section (French: Section spéciale) is a 1975 French film directed by Costa-Gavras and based on the novel 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 Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe award for best foreign film.
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