Z

Name: Z
Uploaded: 1969-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 127 min
Description: 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.

7.79
January 1969
127 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
FR
Genres:
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Release:
February 1969
Production:
Valoria Films, Reggane Films, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
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
Tags:
central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, government, corruption, police, politics, fascism, greece, investigation, pacifism, coup d'etat, anti-communism, cover-up, conspiracy, police corruption, political assassination, justice, right wing, government corruption, military coup, dreyfus affair, rally, far right, greek military junta, far-right organization, power

Z

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