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

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