LAVAL LE COLLABORATEUR

Several times president of the Council, at the end of the 1930s Pierre Laval became one of Marshal Pétain's strongmen, a loyal collaborator for the Germans. Rounding-up Jews, forced labour, tracking the French resistance..., he served Hitler faithfully to the end. When France was liberated, he was tried, condemned, shot...

Directed by: Laurent Heynemann (France, 2020)
Screenplay: Jacques Kirsner
Cast: Patrick Chesnais (Pierre Laval), Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (Maître Baud), Mathieu Bisson (Jacques Baraduc), Georges Claisse (Pétain), Patrick Préjean (Public Prosecutor Mornet), Hande Kodja (Josée Laval), Brigitte Catillon (Jeanne Laval)
Genre: history