Jacques Vergès
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Jacques Vergès, born 5 March 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand), is a French lawyer who has earned fame continually since the 1950s, first as an anticolonialist communist figure and then for defending a long string of well-known clients from anticolonialist Algerian militant Djamila Bouhired (his future wife) in 1957-1962 to former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan (2008). His clients have included both leftwing and rightwing terrorists, war criminals, and militants, including Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie (1987), and international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal (1994). In 2002, he offered to represent former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, although Milošević declined any legal advice from any party. The media have sensationalized him with the sobriquet, "the Devil's advocate", and he himself has contributed to his "notorious" public persona by such acts as titling his autobiography The Brilliant Bastard and giving provocative replies in interviews. He claims that when asked if he would have defended Hitler, he replied, "...I'd even defend Bush! But only if he agrees to plead guilty."
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.231 |
Birthday | 1925-03-05 |
Place of Birth | Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand) |
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2007
Terror's Advocate
6.7/33
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwar...
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Terror's Advocate
2008
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
0/0
Les portraits désormais cultes de Stéphane Guillon sur Canal+ . S'adressant aux invités, il ose un ton inédit, parfois irrévérencieux mais toujours hi...
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Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
1988
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
7/32
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupie...
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Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
2013
In the Darkroom
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Documentary about the German Magdalena Kopp, wife and accomplice of political terrorist Carlos the Jackal. The film takes the audience on Magdalena Ko...
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In the Darkroom
2010
Facing Genocide: Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot
8/1
Khieu Samphan was, as head of state, the public face of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. Facing Genocide is a close portrait of the man who made Pol Pot's...
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Facing Genocide: Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot
2011
Manifesto of the 121
10/1
On September 5, 1960, the trial of about twenty French activists from the "Jeanson Network" began, supporters in the metropolis of the action of the A...
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