The Forgotten Night - October 17, 1961
2011, French. Directed by Olivier Lambert & Thomas Salva.
On October 17, 1961, in response to the curfew imposed on Muslim Algerians by Paris police prefect Maurice Papon, the FLN Federation of France organized a peaceful demonstration in the streets of the capital. The demonstration turned into a bloody crackdown: unprecedented violence, thousands of arrests, hundreds missing, and dozens dead. Today, much is known about the violence of that night: at least 200 Algerians were killed, beheaded, beaten, or thrown into the Seine; 11,500 others were arrested and often tortured. Hundreds were deported back to Algeria. Long silenced, the repression has been acknowledged thanks to the work of remembrance and eyewitness accounts.
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- Released
- 1 January 2011
- Original title
- La Nuit Oubliée - 17 Octobre 1961
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Olivier Lambert, Thomas Salva
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The Forgotten Night - October 17, 1961 (2011) was directed by Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva and stars Jean-Luc Einaudi, Georges Azenstarck.