The Colonel
The Colonel is a 2006 French-Belgian film directed by Laurent Herbiet, based on a novel by Francis Zamponi.
Plot
France, 1993. The retired Colonel Raoul Duplan is shot in his home. As the police are baffled, young army officer Galois is brought to help the investigation. Shortly thereafter she receives a letter containing some diary pages of a lieutenant Guy Rossi who served in 1955 in the Algerian war under the command of Duplan and disappeared in 1957 under mysterious circumstances.
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| author | Costa-Gavras |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Laurent Herbiet |
| editor | Nicole Berckmans |
| events | Algerian War |
| keywords | army officer commanding officer drive firing squad french army retire serve |
| musicBy | Armand Amar |
| producer | Costa-Gavras Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne |
| productionCompany | K.G. Productions Les Films du Fleuve |
| publisher | Pathé |