---
title: 'Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marcel Ophuls'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 267
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hotel-terminus-the-life-and-times-of-klaus-barbie-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095341/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)

1988 · 267 min · Documentary · Germany, France, United States


## Synopsis

Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie is a 1988 American documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. The film covers Barbie's relatively innocent childhood, his time with the Gestapo in Lyon, through to the forty years between the end of World War II and his eventual deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France. The film explores a number of themes, including the nature of evil and the diffusion of responsibility in hierarchical situations.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- **Screenplay:** [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- **Producer:** [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Editor:** [Albert Jurgenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-jurgenson)

## Cast

- [Claude Lanzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-lanzmann)
- [Claude Bourdet](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-bourdet)
- [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- [René Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-hardy)
- [Beate Klarsfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-klarsfeld)
- [Jeanne Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-moreau)
- [Simone Lagrange](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-lagrange)
- [Henri Varlot](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-varlot)
- [Pierre Mérindol](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-merindol)
- [Lucie Aubrac](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-aubrac)
- [Raymond Aubrac](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-aubrac)
- [Régis Debray](https://cinepixo.com/people/regis-debray)
- [Lise Lesèvre](https://cinepixo.com/people/lise-lesevre)

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