Des terroristes à la retraite

Des terroristes à la retraite
Directed byMosco Boucault
Produced byEvelyne July
CinematographyGuy-Auguste Boléat
François Catonné
Guy Chanel
Jean Orjollet
Philippe Rousselot
Eduardo Serra
Carlo Varini
Edited byChristiane Lehérissey
Chantal Rémy
Music byBenoît Charvet
Jean Schwarz
Release date
  • 2 July 1985 (1985-07-02)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Des terroristes à la retraite (Terrorists in retirement) is a 1985 French documentary film about the FTP-MOI, a sub-group of the Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II. It was written and directed by Mosco Boucault.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983 and provoked a heated controversy in France which resulted in the film not being broadcast on French television until 1985. The controversy was primarily caused by the film’s thesis that the capture and execution by the Gestapo of members of the FTP-MOIs Manouchian group (groupe Manouchian), including the group's leader Missak Manouchian, was facilitated by the leadership of the French Communist Party.