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Z

Costa-Gavras | Algeria

February 26, 1969 | 127m

He is alive!

Thriller
Crime
Drama

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.
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
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Credits

Yves MontandThe Deputy, a doctor
Irene PapasHélène, wife of the Deputy
Jean-Louis TrintignantExamining Magistrate
Jacques PerrinPhotojournalist
Charles DennerManuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
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Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)assassinationgovernmentcorruptionpolicepoliticsfascismgreeceinvestigationpacifismcoup d'etatanti-communismcover-upconspiracypolice corruptionpolitical assassinationjusticeright winggovernment corruptionmilitary coupdreyfus affairrallyfar rightgreek military juntafar-right organizationpower