Poster from TMDB
Film · TMDB
7.2In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchmen will suffice, but the problem is finding judges and jurors eager to participate in a sham trial of innocent men. The solution is a Special Section, a court comprised of individuals handpicked for this exact purpose.
Released: 1975-04-23110 minDir: Costa-GavrasDrama, History, Thriller
Cast
- Louis Seigner as Le garde des Sceaux Joseph Barthélémy
- Michael Lonsdale as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
- Claude Piéplu as Bénon - le président de la section spéciale
- Pierre Dux as Le procureur général Cavarroc
- Heinz Bennent as Le major Beumelburg
- Michel Galabru as Le président Cournet
Themes
- based on novel or book
- politics
- world war ii
- judgment
- courtroom
- nazism
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 880027
Show 2 more facts
- publication date
- 1975-01-01
- title
- Section spéciale
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (6)
Connections
Philippe Pétain
Entity
German military administration in occupied France during World War II
Entity
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
Entity
French
Entity
Wallis and Futuna
Entity
Treaty of Versailles
Entity
IMDb
Entity
Golden Globes
Concept
Vichy France
Entity
Alexis Carrel
Entity
French Third Republic
Entity
French colonial empire
Entity
French Indochina
Entity
Battle of France
Entity
Dreyfus affair
Entity
Operation Overlord
Entity
Nuremberg Laws
Entity
French Fourth Republic
Entity
Pierre Laval
Entity
United Artists
Entity
Categories
1970s war drama films1975 drama films1975 films1975 French films1975 French-language filmsFilms based on French novelsFilms directed by Costa GavrasFilms produced by Jacques PerrinFilms scored by Michel LegrandFrench-language war drama filmsFrench war drama filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateVichy France in fiction