Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Marcel Ophuls (director, screenwriter, subject)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1988. Vintage photograph of Marcel Ophuls at work on the 1968 documentary film.

Ophuls' documentary chronicling the life of Klaus Barbie, "The Butcher of Lyon," an SS and Gestapo functionary and Nazi war criminal, from his childhood through his deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France, in 1983.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize at Cannes, where it was premiered.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #148206]