Z
# He is alive!
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
French
,
Russian
📆 Date Released:
1969-02-26
⌚ Running Time:
127 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.803
Beloved Cast
The Deputy, a doctor
Yves Montand
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Irene Papas
Examining Magistrate
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Photojournalist
Jacques Perrin
Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Charles Denner
Public Prosecutor
François Périer
Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Bernard Fresson
Gendarmerie General Missou
Pierre Dux
Nick
Georges Géret
Nick's Sister
Magali Noël
Vago
Marcel Bozzuffi
Gendarmerie Colonel
Julien Guiomar
Yago
Renato Salvatori
Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
Jean Bouise
Shoula
Clotilde Joano
Heroic Bricklayer
Maurice Baquet
Deputy Public Prosecutor
Habib Reda
General's Chauffeur
Hassan El-Hassani
Barone, activist of the CROC
Gérard Darrieu
Pierre, a lawyer
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Gendarmerie Officer
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Illya Coste, chauffeur
Jean Dasté
Hospital Director
Van Doude
Jimmy, the boxer
Jean-François Gobbi
Dumas aka The Russian
Guy Mairesse
Nick's Mother
Andrée Tainsy
Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter
Eva Simonet
(voice)
François Chaumette
Allel El Mouhib
Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)
José Artur
English Surgeon (uncredited)
Raoul Coutard
English Photographer (uncredited)
Steve Gadler
Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)
Gabriel Jabbour
Attorney General (uncredited)
Georges Rouquier
