Z

Z (1969)

He is alive!

Thriller Crime Drama

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.

star 7.8 8.1 86 94%
  • Release Date: 1969-02-26
  • Runtime: 2h 7min
  • Director: Costa-Gavras

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Georges Géret

      Nick

    • Magali Noël

      Nick's Sister

    • Marcel Bozzuffi

      Vago

    • Julien Guiomar

      Gendarmerie Colonel

    • Renato Salvatori

      Yago

    • Jean Bouise

      Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy

    • Clotilde Joano

      Shoula

    • Maurice Baquet

      Heroic Bricklayer

    • Habib Reda

      Deputy Public Prosecutor

    • Hassan El-Hassani

      General's Chauffeur

    • Gérard Darrieu

      Barone, activist of the CROC

    • Jean-Pierre Miquel

      Pierre, a lawyer

    • Sid Ahmed Agoumi

      Gendarmerie Officer

    • Jean Dasté

      Illya Coste, chauffeur

    • Van Doude

      Hospital Director

    • Jean-François Gobbi

      Jimmy, the boxer

    • Guy Mairesse

      Dumas aka The Russian

    • Andrée Tainsy

      Nick's Mother

    • Eva Simonet

      Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter

    • François Chaumette

      (voice)

    • Allel El Mouhib

    • José Artur

      Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)

    • Raoul Coutard

      English Surgeon (uncredited)

    • Steve Gadler

      English Photographer (uncredited)

    • Gabriel Jabbour

      Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)

    • Georges Rouquier

      Attorney General (uncredited)

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