Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · 268 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,671 VOTES · DIR. Marcel Ophüls
Overview
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape-with U.S. help-to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.
Dialogue Timeline - 1,597 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 [Int. ]You are familiar with the term, "The Rat Line"
00:05:19 All on expense account.
00:12:08 The gentleman we've been talking about must be in the next room.
00:17:12 I took part in their social events, sports...
00:21:37 Barbie somehow heard they wanted to help Eichmann move to Santa Cruz.
00:27:05 I met him at the house of a friend, in Santa Clara near Lima.
00:32:54 looking for people to put the squeeze on.
00:38:19 Banchero Rossi and a correspondent, Herbert John
00:44:29 Naturally he was protected by the authorities.
00:50:22 All day he was in my home at Villeurbanne.
00:56:43 I'm not a torturer.
01:01:50 His wife also bought German magazines.
01:08:02 This "poor" country is rolling in dollars.
01:13:30 The press camped out night and day trying to get a scoop.
01:19:30 I met him during the Algerian War
01:25:15 and could vividly describe him.
01:30:17 Yes, there's a flaw somewhere in the middle.
01:35:11 as was decided at Nuremberg and adopted by France in '64.
01:40:17 were sent to death camps to be killed.
01:45:30 There was literally a captive audience. Some of them I knew very well.
01:50:48 because no one had brought him his food.
01:55:07 - No questions? - Sometimes Vergès smiled.
02:00:56 10 years old, to her mother in southern France.
500:00:00 and then I never want to see you again in my life.
Cast & Characters
Klaus Barbie
Self
Claude Lanzmann
Self
Marcel Ophüls
Self
Johannes Schneider-Merck
German Import-Exporter, Barbie's Neighbour in Lima
Raymond Lévy
Billiard Player in Lyon
Marcel Cruat
Billiard Player in Lyon
Henri Varlot
Billiard Player in Lyon
Pierre Mérindol
Journalist from Lyon
Johann Otten
Farmer, School Friend from Barbie's native village
Peter Minn
Wehrmacht Major, retired, Barbie's high school friend
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,597
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line500:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMarcel Ophüls
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$341,000
IMDb votes1,671