Director : Jean Marboeuf
Actors : Jacques Dufilho, Jean Yanne, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Christian Charmetant, Denis Manuel, André Penvern, Julie Marbœuf, Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Baume, Olivier Pajot, Eric Prat, Séverine Vincent
Feature film, Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
French release : 5/5/93
Runtime : 2h 13mn
Current status : Released
Associate production company : Mod Films
Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
French distribution : Pathé Distribution

Pétains was a bastard. This "description" of the leader of Vichy France is a bit brief, convenient and smug.
Pétain signed anti-Semitic decrees, had all governing bodies swear an oath of allegiance to him personally, turned a blind eye to hostages, was acclaimed by joyful crowds of frenchmen, enacted heinous laws, had frenchmen guillotined, and chose the distinctive Frankish battle-ax to be the emblem of his regime. And yet he had been granted full emergency powers by an elcted assembly.
These days, France is a democratic society with personal dictatorship, fascist excesses, and personal enrichment at the expense of the nation...