Jacques Vergès
Birthday
1925/03/05
Day of death
2013/08/15 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand)
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jacques Vergès, born 5 March 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand), is a French lawyer who has earned fame continually since the 1950s, first as an anticolonialist communist figure and then for defending a long string of well-known clients from anticolonialist Algerian militant Djamila Bouhired (his future wife) in 1957-1962 to former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan (2008). His clients have included both leftwing and rightwing terror...Read more
Acting
(2007) Terror's Advocate
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(2008) Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
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(1988) Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
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(2013) In the Darkroom
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(2010) Facing Genocide: Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot
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(2011) Manifesto of the 121
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(2007) My Enemy's Enemy
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(1987) Sacrée Soirée
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(2006) On n'est pas couché
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