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Z (1969)

1969-02-26

(FR) •

Thriller,

Crime,

Drama

He is alive!

7.8/10

User

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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.

Movie Cast

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Yves Montand

The Deputy, a doctor

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Irene Papas

Hélène, wife of the Deputy

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Jean-Louis Trintignant

Examining Magistrate

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Jacques Perrin

Photojournalist

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Charles Denner

Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

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François Périer

Public Prosecutor

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Bernard Fresson

Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

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Pierre Dux

Gendarmerie General Missou

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Georges Géret

Nick

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Magali Noël

Nick's Sister

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Marcel Bozzuffi

Vago

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Julien Guiomar

Gendarmerie Colonel

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Renato Salvatori

Yago

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Jean Bouise

Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy

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Clotilde Joano

Shoula

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Maurice Baquet

Heroic Bricklayer

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Habib Reda

Deputy Public Prosecutor

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Hassan El-Hassani

General's Chauffeur

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Gérard Darrieu

Barone, activist of the CROC

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Jean-Pierre Miquel

Pierre, a lawyer

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Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Gendarmerie Officer

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Jean Dasté

Illya Coste, chauffeur

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Van Doude

Hospital Director

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Jean-François Gobbi

Jimmy, the boxer

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Guy Mairesse

Dumas aka The Russian

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Andrée Tainsy

Nick's Mother

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Eva Simonet

Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter

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François Chaumette

(voice)

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Allel El Mouhib

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José Artur

Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)

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Raoul Coutard

English Surgeon (uncredited)

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Steve Gadler

English Photographer (uncredited)

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Gabriel Jabbour

Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)

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Georges Rouquier

Attorney General (uncredited)