The lawyer Jacques Vergès in his office surrounded by statues given to him by clients (Helen Margaret Giovanello for The New York Times)

Terror's Advocate: A lawyer's life of smoke and mystery

PARIS VideoMore Video »: Sitting in the gloom of his book-lined office near Pigalle, puffing as always on a Cuban cigar and watched over by African and Asian statues donated to him by clients during his half-century as a high-profile lawyer, Jacques Vergès looked very pleased with himself.

Three years ago, ignoring friends' warnings that he risked being "ambushed," he agreed to participate in "Terror's Advocate," a 140-minute documentary by Barbet Schroeder that explores his record defending terrorists and an array of other unsavory characters, including the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie.

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