I... For Icarus

I... For Icarus

129 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 19, 1979

The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren Commission) refuses to agree to the commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.

I... For Icarus

129 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 19, 1979

I... For Icarus
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren Commission) refuses to agree to the commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Antenne 2, Société Française de Production (SFP), V Films
Original title I… comme Icare
Directors Henri Verneuil
Writers Henri Verneuil, Didier Decoin

Cast

Yves Montand

as Henri Volney

Michel Etcheverry

as Frédéric Heiniger

Roger Planchon

as David Naggara

Jacques Denis

as Despaul

Pierre Vernier

as Charly Feruda

Jacques Sereys

as Richard Mallory

Jean-François Garreaud

as Vernon Calbert

Michel Albertini

as Luigi Lacosta

Georges Beller

as Sam Kido

Roland Blanche

as Garcia Santos

Marcel Maréchal

as Rivoli

Jean Négroni

as Carlos de Palma

Robert Party

as Le général Anthony Baryn

Jean-Claude Jay

as Le sénateur Albert Philippe

Brigitte Lahaie

as Ursula Hoffman

Maurice Bénichou

as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

Roland Amstutz

as Gregory

Jean-Pierre Bagot

as Michaël Mix

Edmond Bernard

as Le présentateur TV

Françoise Bette

as Mme Bellony

Benoît Brione

as Le reporter au bobino

Jacques Brylant

as Nicolas Rosenko

Gabriel Cattand

as Le président Marc Jarry

Erick Desmarestz

as Bob Dagan

Thierry Dewavrin

as Le rédacteur du journal

Etienne Dirand

as Le médecin de l'hôpital

Henry Djanik

as Nick Farnese

Michel Dussarat

as Robert Kosheba

Joséphine Fresson

as Marianne Delila

Daniel Léger

as Guillaume Géménos

Jean Lescot

as Franck Bellony

Jean Leuvrais

as Le ministre Robert Picart

Gérard Lorin

as Flavius

Didier Sauvegrain

as Karl Eric Daslow

Gérard Moisan

as L'inspecteur au talkie walkie

Louis Navarre

as Maître Keller

Jean Obé

as Hugues Adler

Alain Ollivier

as Le directeur du laboratoire Kodak

Michel Pilorgé

as Le reporter TV

Christian Remer

as Charles Polodi

Georges Staquet

as Le gardien de l'immeuble de l'assassinat

Jacqueline Staup

as Mme Lapierre

Georges Trillat

as L'inspecteur au bar 'Manhattan'

André Falcon

as Darsell

Michel Raskine

as Ramon Jimenez

Henri Verneuil

as Technicien TV / présentateur au cabaret (voice) (uncredited)