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Title: Z

Release Date: 26 Feb 1969

Runtime: 2h 7m

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Director: Valoria Films, Reggane Films, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Production Companies: Valoria Films, Reggane Films, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (539 votes)

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
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