Hôtel Terminus (1988)

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Klaus Barbie

Self
(sin créditos)

Claude Lanzmann

Self

Marcel Ophüls

Self
(sin créditos)

Johannes Schneider-Merck

German Import-Exporter, Barbie's Neighbour in Lima

Raymond Lévy

Billiard Player in Lyon

Marcel Cruat

Billiard Player in Lyon

Henri Varlot

Billiard Player in Lyon

Pierre Mérindol

Journalist from Lyon

Johann Otten

Farmer, School Friend from Barbie's native village

Peter Minn

Wehrmacht Major, retired, Barbie's high school friend

Claude Bourdet

Resistance Leader

Eugene Kolb

Lt., C.I.C. Control Officer, retired, Barbie's former Superior

Lise Lesèvre

Member of the French Underground

Lucie Aubrac

Resistance Leader

Raymond Aubrac

Resistance Leader

Simone Lagrange

Auschwitz Survivor

Daniel Cordier

Jean Moulin's former Assistant

Frédéric Dugoujon

Physician in Caluire

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Trivia
Director Marcel Ophüls deliberately chose not to show any Holocaust footage as he felt that audiences had become too used to gruesome imagery of that nature.

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Accused/Another Woman/Madame Sousatzka/Hotel Terminus/Clara's Heart (1988)

Bandas sonoras
Pick Yourself Up
Performed by Fred Astaire

A long documentary for those who like long documentaries.

Marcel Ophuls is an obnoxious jackass (think of a European Michael Moore), and he is overly obtrusive in this film, but it is a must-see nonetheless. We all know what Barbie did, but the role of the US government in shielding him from French authorities after the war is not so commonly known. This film leaves no stone unturned, and the bittersweet conclusion--Barbie finally was imprisoned, but only for four years, and after he had already lived free and wealthy for forty years--is sobering.