Hôtel Terminus
Original title: Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · 4 h 27 min
Directed by 
Marcel Ophuls
Marcel OphulsCast
Klaus Barbie 
Claude Lanzmann Marcel Ophüls Johannes Schneider-Merck Raymond Lévy Marcel Cruat
Plot
A documentary on Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and the people who protected him after the war, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Sinekatalog’s take
A long, rigorous investigation into complicity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (1,799 votes)
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