1988 · wwii · nazism · investigation
Hôtel Terminus
Directed by Marcel Ophüls4h 28m1988
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.
Our read: Hôtel Terminus (1988) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded wwii · nazism · investigation entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured wwii / nazism, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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