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 PerrinPhotojournalist
- Irene PapasHélène, wife of the Deputy
- Yves MontandThe Deputy, a doctor
- Jean BouiseDeputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
- Jean-Louis TrintignantExamining Magistrate
- Charles DennerManuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
- Bernard FressonMatt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
- Julien GuiomarGendarmerie Colonel
- François PérierPublic Prosecutor
- Van DoudeHospital Director
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