Manhunt (2008)

Manhunt (2008)

2008-03-10 Germany, France, Belgium 0 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld devoted twelve years of their lives to relentlessly tracking down Klaus Barbie, who had fled to Latin America under a false identity. La Traque looks back at their early exploits in Germany, through to the legal and media battles that led to the major trials in France. How was Klaus Barbie able to reinvent himself so easily and continue to wreak havoc in Bolivia with complete impunity in the 1970s? This is what this fictional account reveals, drawing its originality from the various points of view it adopts: that of the Klarsfelds, who had never before been the heroes of a fictional story, but also that of Klaus Barbie and the Bolivians, the new victims of this "exiled" barbarity. Between historical clarifications and revelations, this story forcefully reminds us that memory is not a given, but something that must be fought hard to achieve.

Cast

Franka Potente is Beate Klarsfeld
Beate Klarsfeld
Yvan Attal is Serge Klarsfeld
Serge Klarsfeld
Hanns Zischler is Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie
Jesus Rojas is Gustavo Sanchez
Gustavo Sanchez
Fernando Arze is Alvaro de Castro/Esteban Castro
Alvaro de Castro/Esteban Castro
Christophe Brault is Régis Debray
Régis Debray
Xavier de Guillebon is Ladislas de Hoyos
Ladislas de Hoyos
Jorgle Standl is Kurt Lischka
Kurt Lischka
Augustin Alcoba is Arno Klarsfeld
Arno Klarsfeld