Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Directed byMarcel Ophuls
Produced byMarcel Ophuls
Cinematography
  • Michael Davis
  • Pierre Boffety
  • Reuben Aaronson
  • Wilhelm Rosing
  • Lionel Legros
  • Daniel Chabert
  • Paul Gonon
  • Hans Haber[1]
Edited by
  • Albert Jurgenson
  • Catherine Zins[1]
Music byMaurice Jarre[1]
Production
company
Memory Pictures[1]
Distributed byThe Samuel Goldwyn Company[1]
Release dates
  • 10 May 1988 (1988-05-10) (Cannes)
  • 6 October 1988 (1988-10-06) (NYFF)
Running time
267 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
Languages
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • English[1]
Box office$341,018

Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (French: Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps) is a 1988 American documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. The film covers Barbie's relatively innocent childhood, his time with the Gestapo in Lyon (where he apparently excelled at torture), through to the forty years between the end of World War II and his eventual deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France. The film explores a number of themes, including the nature of evil and the diffusion of responsibility in hierarchical situations.[2]

The film won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[3][4] as well as the FIPRESCI Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ RogerEbert.com
  3. ^ 1989|Oscars.org
  4. ^ Documentary Winners: 1989 Oscars
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-29.