Directed by:
Costa-GavrasCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Mikis TheodorakisCast:
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer, Bernard Fresson, Marcel Bozzuffi, Clotilde Joano (more)Plots(1)
A left-wing, pro-peace political candidate in an unnamed country (suggesting Greece) is assassinated, leaving his deputies and an ambitious young magistrate to uncover a trail of conspiracy that leads to the highest-ranks of the ruling right-wing government. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Yves Montand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801581_f21303.png)
Yves Montand
Italy
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
![Irene Papas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271965_79041c.jpg)
Irene Papas
Greece
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Z (1969)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
![Jean-Louis Trintignant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/986/164986936_ae0ab3.jpg)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
![Jacques Perrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/586/166586756_69f75a.jpg)
Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Chorus (2004)
State of Siege (1972)
![Charles Denner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274982_2d4425.jpg)
Charles Denner
Poland
Best movies:
The Two of Us (1967)
Mado (1976)
Z (1969)
![François Périer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871821_6ee53e.jpg)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Organiser (1963)
![Bernard Fresson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494637_081a4f.jpg)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
The Longest Day (1962)
Mado (1976)
![Marcel Bozzuffi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271813_011703.jpg)
Marcel Bozzuffi
France
Best movies:
Daisy Town (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Z (1969)
![Clotilde Joano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437143_25a95c.jpg)
Clotilde Joano
Switzerland
Best movies:
Z (1969)
The Good Time Girls (1960)
The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974)
![Julien Guiomar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002549_be5e40.jpg)
Julien Guiomar
France
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Animal (1977)
My New Partner (1984)
![Magali Noël](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452457_0e3196.jpg)
Magali Noël
Turkey
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Amarcord (1973)
Anna's Meetings (1978)
![Renato Salvatori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/090/162090116_4b9214.jpg)
Renato Salvatori
Italy
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Hassan El-Hassani
Best movies:
Z (1969)
Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
![Jean Bouise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272198_80271a.jpg)
Jean Bouise
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Old Gun (1975)
The Big Blue (1988)
Raoul Coutard
France
![Georges Rouquier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517901_664ccd.jpg)
Georges Rouquier
France
Best movies:
Z (1969)
L'Amour nu (1981)
Jeff (1969)
![Jean Dasté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/806/163806908_92c517.png)
Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Z (1969)
Grand Illusion (1937)
![Pierre Dux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437190_718491.jpg)
Pierre Dux
France
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Z (1969)
![François Chaumette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440806_230567.jpg)
François Chaumette
France
Best movies:
Z (1969)
Do You Want to Dance with Me? (1959)
The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
![Georges Géret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460078_3f86e0.jpg)
Georges Géret
France
Best movies:
The Unvanquished (1964)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Z (1969)