Terrorists in Retirement
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Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those from Eastern Europe. Many were Jews and all had fled their native countries before the war broke out. They were among the most staunch and fearless enemies of fascism, as shown here in personal interviews and memoirs of war-time experiences. But the most famous of these immigrants were 23 who were rounded up among several hundred Parisians in 1943, tried for their activities, and executed -- all were immigrants under the leadership of the Armenian poet Manouchian. After their execution, Paris was papered with posters decrying these 23 martyrs as "foreign communists."
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Mosco Boucault Director · Jean Schwarz Composer Benoît Charvet Composer
United States release October 23, 1999 · Produced in France · Production Copra Films, Antenne 2
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La Cécilia
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Copra Films
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Antenne 2
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France 2 (FR2)
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La Cecilia
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Ministry of Culture (France)
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Top n°1
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France
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Original title
Des terroristes à la retraite
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · June 19, 1983
Premiere
France · July 26, 1985
Theatrical
United States · October 23, 1999
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Italy
December 7, 2001 · Noir in Festival
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