The Assassination (1972)

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Movie
German title The assassination (FRG)
L'attentat (GDR)
Original title L'attentat
Country of production France , Italy , Germany
original language French
Publishing year 1972
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Yves Boisset
script Ben Barzman ,
Basilio Franchina, Jorge Semprún
production Giuliani G. De Negri,
Tullio Odevaine
music Ennio Morricone
camera Ricardo Aronovich
cut Albert Jurgenson
occupation

The attack is a thriller of Yves Boisset from the year 1972 , that of the attack on the Moroccan opposition politician Ben Barka was inspired. The film premiered in Italy on October 4, 1972 and in France on October 11, 1972. In July 1973 he received a silver medal at the 8th Moscow Film Festival. In the GDR the film was shown for the first time in theaters on December 13, 1974.

In Germany, the film was also under the title Deadly Trap (The Sadiel Affair) .

action

The African opposition politician Sadiel lives in exile in Geneva . In order to eliminate him for good, the dictator Kassar made a pact with the CIA and the French secret service. Finally, the French journalist Darien is blackmailed into asking Sadiel from his Swiss exile for an interview in Paris . The reporter, who sees through the game after a while, cannot prevent the politician's murder in the end. Then an American friend of the politician kills an accomplice on behalf of the CIA.

Reviews

"The new French feature film" Das Assentat ", which recreates the kidnapping and murder of the Moroccan opposition politician Ben Barka, turned out to be an assassination attempt on the truth."

"Always excitingly staged, top-class cast and brilliantly played. To be sure, designed in important phases to be able to convince completely. "

- Two thousand and one film dictionary

Individual evidence

  1. zweiausendeins.de, accessed on February 19, 2016
  2. online / Covered from above, in: Der Spiegel , No. 46 of November 6, 1972, p. 153 f.
  3. zweiausendeins.de, accessed on February 19, 2016

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