Thriller Crime Drama
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.
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
Written by
Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand
The Deputy, a doctor
Irene Papas
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
François Périer
Public Prosecutor
Magali Noël
Nick's Sister
Jacques Perrin
Photojournalist
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Examining Magistrate
Bernard Fresson
Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Georges Géret
Nick
Renato Salvatori
Yago
Charles Denner
Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Julien Guiomar
Gendarmerie Colonel
Marcel Bozzuffi
Vago
Jean Bouise
Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
Clotilde Joano
Shoula
Pierre Dux
Gendarmerie General Missou
Hassan El-Hassani
General's Chauffeur
Andrée Tainsy
Nick's Mother
François Chaumette
(voice)
Maurice Baquet
Heroic Bricklayer
Jean Dasté
Illya Coste, chauffeur
Gérard Darrieu
Barone, activist of the CROC
Van Doude
Hospital Director
Yvan Chiffre
Guy Mairesse
Dumas aka The Russian
Eva Simonet
Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Gendarmerie Officer
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Pierre, a lawyer
José Artur
Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)
Gabriel Jabbour
Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)
Habib Reda
Deputy Public Prosecutor
Jean-François Gobbi
Jimmy, the boxer
Allel El Mouhib
Steve Gadler
English Photographer (uncredited)

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