Z
26/02/1969
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.
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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
Renato Salvatori
as Yago
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)
Allel El Mouhib
as
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)
