Z
Thriller
Crime
Drama
He is alive!
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
1969-02-26
fr
Cast
Director
Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand as Z
Irene Papas as Hélène
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Examining Magistrate
Jacques Perrin as Photojournalist
Charles Denner as Manuel
François Périer as Public Prosecutor
Bernard Fresson as Matt
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
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
Jean-Pierre Miquel as Pierre
Sid Ahmed Agoumi as Gendarmerie Officer
Jean Dasté as Illya Coste
Van Doude as Hospital Director
Jean-François Gobbi as Jimmy
Andrée Tainsy as Nick's Mother
Eva Simonet as Niki
François Chaumette as (voice)
Allel El Mouhib
José Artur as Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper (uncredited)
Raoul Coutard as English Surgeon (uncredited)
Gabriel Jabbour as Bozzini (uncredited)
Georges Rouquier as Attorney General (uncredited)