Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (French: Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps) is a 1988 American documentary film directed by Marcel Ophuls about the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. The film covers Barbie's relatively innocent childhood, his time with the Gestapo in Lyon (where he apparently excelled at torture), through to the forty years between the end of World War II and his eventual deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France. The film explores a number of themes, including the nature of evil and the diffusion of responsibility in hierarchical situations.
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| author | Marcel Ophüls |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
| contentLocation | Lyon |
| director | Marcel Ophüls |
| editor | Albert Jurgenson Catherine Zins |
| genre | crime |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| producer | Marcel Ophüls |
| productionCompany | Memory Pictures |
| publisher | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| theme | documentary |