Z

Feb 26, 1969

2h 7m

★ 7.8

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Valoria Films

Reggane Films

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

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Cast

The Deputy, a doctor

Yves Montand

Hélène, wife of the Deputy

Irene Papas

Examining Magistrate

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Photojournalist

Jacques Perrin

Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Charles Denner

Public Prosecutor

François Périer

Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Bernard Fresson

Gendarmerie General Missou

Pierre Dux

Nick

Georges Géret

Nick's Sister

Magali Noël

Vago

Marcel Bozzuffi

Gendarmerie Colonel

Julien Guiomar

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