The Colonel
2006
⏱️ 110 min
📅 Released
🌐 FR
CrimeDramaHistoryWar
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.
Crew
Director
Laurent Herbiet
Writer
Laurent Herbiet, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Producer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Costa-Gavras
Production
KG Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, Wamip Films, Les Films du Fleuve, RTBF, Battam Films, Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV)
Keywords
torturemilitaryalgeriaalgerian war (1954-62)french algerian