Z
- Released on
- Runtime
- 127 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Yves Montand
- Irene Papas
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Jacques Perrin
- Charles Denner
- François Périer
- Bernard Fresson
- Pierre Dux
- Georges Géret
- Magali Noël
- Marcel Bozzuffi
- Julien Guiomar
- Renato Salvatori
- Jean Bouise
- Clotilde Joano
- Maurice Baquet
- Habib Reda
- Hassan El-Hassani
- Gérard Darrieu
- Jean-Pierre Miquel
- Sid Ahmed Agoumi
- Jean Dasté
- Van Doude
- Jean-François Gobbi
- Guy Mairesse
- Andrée Tainsy
- Eva Simonet
- François Chaumette
- Allel El Mouhib
- José Artur
- Raoul Coutard
- Steve Gadler
- Gabriel Jabbour
- Georges Rouquier
Director
- Costa-Gavras
Producers
- Ahmed Rachedi
- Jacques Perrin
