Les Avocats du Diable

Les Avocats du Diable (1981) is a tv movie, drama film directed by André Cayatte rated 8.5/10.

In 1958 in Paris, during the Algerian War, a young trainee lawyer, Maître Chabrier, was assigned to defend an Algerian garbage collector against paratroopers who had beaten him. Stay out of Algerian affairs, his peers advise him because the trial is taking a political turn. Chabrier acquired the reputation of the Fellaghas' lawyer.

Cast

Laurent Malet

Maître Pierre Chabrier

Anne-Marie Philipe

Isabelle Chabrier

Mohamed Zinet

Mechtir

Raymond Gérôme

Maître Jules Corvisart

Michel Auclair

Maître Orsini Belcourt

Amidou

Leader of the FLN

Michel Beaune

Commissioner of General Intelligence

Victor Garrivier

Criminal prosecutor

Henri-Jacques Huet

Prefect

Jacques Mauclair

President of the military court

Roland Monod

Franciscan

Badredinne Bekkouche