CHoosing at Twenty
- Released on
- Runtime
- 100 mins
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
Cast
- Freddy Buache
- André Gazut
- Diego Masson
- Nils Andersson
- Jacques Baynac
- Anita Bernard
- André Bernard
- Claude Garino
- Jean-Claude Girardin
- Claude Glayman
- Lillis Kielland
- Pierre Leray
- Paul Kobisch
- Simone Mohr
- Jean Mohr
- Michel Monod
- Louis Orhant
- Jacques Pous
Director
- Villi Hermann
Producers
- Villi Hermann
- Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
- Irène Challand
- Hachemi Zertal
