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7.4In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
Released: 1970-04-29139 minDir: Costa-GavrasDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Yves Montand as Gérard
- Simone Signoret as Lise
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Kohoutek
- Michel Vitold as Smola
- Jean Bouise as Boss of Factory
- Michel Beaune as Lawyer
Themes
- based on novel or book
- czechoslovakia
- based on true story
- solitary confinement
- torture
- based on memoir or autobiography
- interrogation
- secret police
- stalinism
- false confession
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenwriter
- Artur London
- Composer
- Giovanni Fusco
- Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard
- Narrative location
- Czech Republic
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 830010
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- L'Aveu
- film editor
- Françoise Bonnot
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- after a work by
- Artur London
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