Manhunt

Story

Synopsis

Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld devoted twelve years of their lives to relentlessly tracking down Klaus Barbie, who had fled to Latin America under a false identity. La Traque looks back at their early exploits in Germany, through to the legal and media battles that led to the major trials in France. How was Klaus Barbie able to reinvent himself so easily and continue to wreak havoc in Bolivia with complete impunity in the 1970s? This is what this fictional account reveals, drawing its originality from the various points of view it adopts: that of the Klarsfelds, who had never before been the heroes of a fictional story, but also that of Klaus Barbie and the Bolivians, the new victims of this "exiled" barbarity. Between historical clarifications and revelations, this story forcefully reminds us that memory is not a given, but something that must be fought hard to achieve.

Director

Laurent Jaoui

Writers

Alexandra Deman, Laurent Jaoui

Language

French

Country

Belgium, Germany, France

Release date

10 March 2008

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Franka Potente

  Beate Klarsfeld

• 

  Yvan Attal

  Serge Klarsfeld

• 

  Hanns Zischler

  Klaus Barbie

• Jesus Rojas

  Gustavo Sanchez

• Benjamin Alazraki

  Michel

• 

  Laurent Klug

  Elie

• Fernando Arze

  Alvaro de Castro/Esteban Castro

• Sophia Eva Wilhelmi

  Margaret

• Christophe Brault

  Régis Debray

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  Xavier de Guillebon

  Ladislas de Hoyos

• Jorgle Standl

  Kurt Lischka

• Augustin Alcoba

  Arno Klarsfeld