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Film von Constantin Costa-Gavras (1969)
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7.8A 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- assassination
- government
- corruption
- police
- politics
- fascism
- greece
- investigation
- pacifism
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
32,517 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
86/100
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- M/PG
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenplay by
- Jorge Semprún Costa-Gavras
- Based on
- Z: Fictional Documentary of a Crime [ el ] , by Vassilis Vassilikos
- Produced by
- Jacques Perrin Ahmed Rachedi
- Starring
- Yves Montand Irene Papas Jean-Louis Trintignant Charles Denner Georges Geret Jacques Perrin François Perier Bernard Fresson Pierre Dux Julien Guiomar Marcel Bozzuffi Magali Noël Renato Salvatori
- Cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
- Edited by
- Françoise Bonnot
- Music by
- Mikis Theodorakis
- Production companies
- Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique [ fr ] Reggane Films Valoria Films
- Distributed by
- Varloria Films (France)
- Release date
- 26 February 1969 ( 1969-02-26 ) (France)
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Countries
- France Algeria
- Languages
- French Russian English
- Box office
- $17.3 million (United States)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Ζ
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenwriter
- Costa-Gavras
- Cast member
- Jean-Pierre Miquel
- Composer
- Mikis Theodorakis
- Producer
- Ahmed Rachedi
- Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard
- Narrative location
- Greece
- Filming location
- Algiers
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 845433
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 10 more facts
- film editor
- Françoise Bonnot
- title
- Z
- color
- black-and-white
- after a work by
- Vassilis Vassilikos
- different from
- Z
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 86/100
- box office
- 17300000
- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- Commons category
- Z (film)
Sources (15)
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Article · Deutsch
Z (von neugriechisch Ζεί Zi ‚er lebt‘, Alternativtitel Z – Anatomie eines politischen Mordes) ist ein französisch-algerischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 1969 nach der gleichnamigen Romanvorlage von Vassilis Vassilikos. Der unter der Regie von Constantin Costa-Gavras und vor dem Hintergrund der griechischen Militärdiktatur entstandene Streifen gilt als genrebildender Klassiker des politisch engagierten Kinos (siehe Politthriller). Der Film wurde am 26. Februar 1969 in Frankreich erstmals aufgeführt.
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