Z poster
Director Costa-Gavras
Writer Costa-Gavras, Ben Barzman, Jorge Semprún

Z

Tagline: He is alive!

Release Date: 1969-02-26

Duration: 127 minutes

Synopsis

Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.

Casting

  • Jacques Perrin
    Photojournalist
  • Irene Papas
    Hélène, wife of the Deputy
  • Yves Montand
    The Deputy, a doctor
  • Jean Bouise
    Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Examining Magistrate
  • Charles Denner
    Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
  • Bernard Fresson
    Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
  • Julien Guiomar
    Gendarmerie Colonel
  • François Périer
    Public Prosecutor
  • Van Doude
    Hospital Director