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.
Top Cast
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Yves MontandThe Deputy, a doctor
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Irene PapasHélène, wife of the Deputy
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Jean-Louis TrintignantExamining Magistrate
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Jacques PerrinPhotojournalist
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Charles DennerManuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
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François PérierPublic Prosecutor
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Bernard FressonMatt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
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Pierre DuxGendarmerie General Missou
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Georges GéretNick
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Magali NoëlNick's Sister
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Marcel BozzuffiVago
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Julien GuiomarGendarmerie Colonel
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Renato SalvatoriYago
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Jean BouiseDeputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
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Clotilde JoanoShoula
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Maurice BaquetHeroic Bricklayer
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Habib RedaDeputy Public Prosecutor
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Hassan El-HassaniGeneral's Chauffeur
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Gérard DarrieuBarone, activist of the CROC
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Jean-Pierre MiquelPierre, a lawyer
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Sid Ahmed AgoumiGendarmerie Officer
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Jean DastéIllya Coste, chauffeur
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Van DoudeHospital Director
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Jean-François GobbiJimmy, the boxer
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Guy MairesseDumas aka The Russian
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Andrée TainsyNick's Mother
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Eva SimonetNiki, the Prosecutor's Daughter
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François Chaumette(voice)
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Allel El Mouhib
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José ArturEditor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)
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Raoul CoutardEnglish Surgeon (uncredited)
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Steve GadlerEnglish Photographer (uncredited)
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Gabriel JabbourBozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)