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The Confession
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Title: The Confession

Release Date: 29 Apr 1970

Runtime: 2h 19m

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Paramount Pictures, Fono Roma, Les Films Corona, Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC), Selenia Cinematografica

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Fono Roma, Les Films Corona, Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC), Selenia Cinematografica

Overview: The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.

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Average Vote: 7.3 (120 votes)

Cast

  • Gérard (A.L. / Artur London): Yves Montand
  • Lise (Mme L. / Lise London): Simone Signoret
  • Kohoutek: Gabriele Ferzetti
  • Smola: Michel Vitold
  • Boss of factory: Jean Bouise
  • Lawyer: Michel Beaune
  • Former secretary: Jacques Rispal
  • Communist friend: Antoine Vitez
  • Attorney General: Michel Robin
  • Secret police man: László Szabó
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