1969
7.8 (560 votes)
2h 7m
Genres
Thriller
Crime
Drama
Production Companies
Valoria Films
Reggane Films
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Reggane Films
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Z
He is alive!
Overview
Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.
Key Crew
Director: Costa-Gavras
Director of Photography: Raoul Coutard
Writer: Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras
Producer: Ahmed Rachedi, Jacques Perrin
Top Cast
Yves Montand
The Deputy, a doctor
Irene Papas
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Examining Magistrate
Jacques Perrin
Photojournalist
Charles Denner
Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
François Périer
Public Prosecutor
Bernard Fresson
Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Pierre Dux
Gendarmerie General Missou
Videos
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