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IMDb link: 0073679
IMDb rating: 7.6 (1,877 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama, War, History
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Roland Bertin, Ivo Garrani, Louis Seigner and others

Release date: 23 Apr 1975
Release year: 1975
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Keywords: politics, courtroom, murder, vichy government, train, guillotine, death penalty, journalist, lawyer, mock trial

Plot:

In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

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