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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1978-07-01
Languagefr
Runtime—
Production

Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

10.0(1)
•1978

Autopsie d’un complot

DramaThriller

Overview

Terrorists blow up the consulate of an Arab country, before a journalist uncovers a larger conspiracy. The film is based on "Scorpion, autopsie d'un complot" by Etienne Bolo and Alain Jaubert (Balland, 1978), which tells the story of a plot targeting Algeria after the nationalization of hydrocarbons during Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's seven-year term.

Writing & Screenplay
Etienne BoloAlain Jobert
Cinematography
Dahou Boukerche

Principal Cast

9 credited
Bernard Fresson
Bernard FressonJacques Serrano
Jacques Spiesser
Jacques SpiesserJean-Marie Bigot
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières
Anne Jolivet
Anne Jolivet
Monique Lejeune
Monique Lejeune
AO
Abdellah Ouriachi
Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre
Abdelhalim Rais
Abdelhalim Rais
Maurice Vallier
Maurice Vallier

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