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Les déracinés (1972)
Directed by André Teisseire
Overview
1962: events in Algeria. Captain Sainbenin has just taken over the leadership of a newly created fighter commando. His relationship with the hierarchy is strained. To this war of a new type, Sainbenin intends to apply methods of a new kind. Everything is good to find the “rebels”: new intelligence system, new interrogation system. When in Algiers a putsch is organized against De Gaulle by 4 of his generals, Sainbenin’s men are divided: should they remain faithful to De Gaulle, or take the side of French Algeria against all odds? tragic fate of a handful of uprooted people fighting for a patriotic ideal and sacrificed in the name of this ideal.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Henri Marteau | Alain Doutey | Christian Toma | Robert Vidalin | Guy Di Rigo | Edmée Deniau | Dora Doll | Daniel Ankri | Jacques Ardouin | Jacques Bertrand | Claude Delac | Abderrahmane El Kébir | Claude Risac | Claude Sales | Jacques Chabot