---
title: 'Terror''s Advocate (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barbet Schroeder'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/terrors-advocate-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032854/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Terror's Advocate (2007)

2007 · 135 min · Documentary · France

Original title: L'avocat de la terreur

## Synopsis

Terror's Advocate is a 2007 French feature documentary film on controversial lawyer Jacques Vergès. Produced by Rita Dagher and directed by Barbet Schroeder, it explores how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The film contains no narration and uses archival footage, stills and interviews to propel the plot forward. It features interviews with Vergès himself, with people involved in his life, and with people who have investigated it.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barbet Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbet-schroeder)
- **Screenplay:** [Barbet Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbet-schroeder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jorge Arriagada](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-arriagada)
- **Director of Photography:** [Caroline Champetier](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-champetier)

## Cast

- [Karim Pakradouni](https://cinepixo.com/people/karim-pakradouni)
- [Lionel Duroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-duroy)
- [Nuon Chea](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuon-chea)
- [Zohra Drif](https://cinepixo.com/people/zohra-drif)
- [Alain Marsaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-marsaud)
- [Louis Caprioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-caprioli)
- [Siné](https://cinepixo.com/people/sine)
- [Anis al-Naqqash](https://cinepixo.com/people/anis-al-naqqash)
- [Magdalena Kopp](https://cinepixo.com/people/magdalena-kopp)
- [Gilles Ménage](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-menage)
- [Ahmed Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahmed-huber)
- [Hans-Joachim Klein](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-joachim-klein)
- [Jean-Paul Dollé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-dolle)
- [Carlos the Jackal](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-the-jackal)
- [Jacques Vergès](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-verges)

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