Z

Z

127 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Feb. 26, 1969

Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.

Z

127 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Feb. 26, 1969

Z
Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Valoria Films
Original title Z
Directors Annie Maurel, Ghaouti Bendedouche, Philippe Monnier, Costa-Gavras
Writers Ben Barzman, Jorge Semprún, Vasilis Vasilikos, Costa-Gavras

Cast

Yves Montand

as The Deputy, a doctor

Irene Papas

as Hélène, wife of the Deputy

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Examining Magistrate

Jacques Perrin

as Photojournalist

Charles Denner

as Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

François Périer

as Public Prosecutor

Bernard Fresson

as Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Pierre Dux

as Gendarmerie General Missou

Georges Géret

as Nick

Magali Noël

as Nick's Sister

Marcel Bozzuffi

as Vago

Julien Guiomar

as Gendarmerie Colonel

Jean Bouise

as Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy

Clotilde Joano

as Shoula

Maurice Baquet

as Heroic Bricklayer

Habib Reda

as Deputy Public Prosecutor

Hassan El-Hassani

as General's Chauffeur

Gérard Darrieu

as Barone, activist of the CROC

Jean-Pierre Miquel

as Pierre, a lawyer

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

as Gendarmerie Officer

Jean Dasté

as Illya Coste, chauffeur

Van Doude

as Hospital Director

Jean-François Gobbi

as Jimmy, the boxer

Guy Mairesse

as Dumas aka The Russian

Andrée Tainsy

as Nick's Mother

Eva Simonet

as Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter

François Chaumette

as (voice)

José Artur

as Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)

Raoul Coutard

as English Surgeon (uncredited)

Steve Gadler

as English Photographer (uncredited)

Gabriel Jabbour

as Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)

Georges Rouquier

as Attorney General (uncredited)