Terrorists in Retirement


1h 23m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Now in retirement a handful of terrorists, who today are elderly men, recount their experiences as illegal refugees--Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied Easten Europe. Living in Paris, they were desperate young men with nothing left to lose. As "French" Resistance fighters they carried out the most dangerous

Film Details

Also Known As
Des terroristes a la retraite
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Films A2
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

Synopsis

Now in retirement a handful of terrorists, who today are elderly men, recount their experiences as illegal refugees--Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied Easten Europe. Living in Paris, they were desperate young men with nothing left to lose. As "French" Resistance fighters they carried out the most dangerous assignments, assassinating Nazi's on the metro or in the streets. Jockeying for political power with General de Gaulle, the official Resistance found men with names like Metzflicker, Weissberg and Kojitski insufficiently French Communist Party allowed many of them to be turned over to the Nazi's in the late 1943. Forty years later Simone Signoret helped Boucault make the film and she confronted French TV in their efforts to bury the truth yet again.

Film Details

Also Known As
Des terroristes a la retraite
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Films A2
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter January 10, 2001

"Terrorists in Retirement" was initially banned from French TV becuase it revealed shocking truths about the French Resistance.

Released in United States Winter January 10, 2001