- HD 1080
- Runtime: 127m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: Algeria, France
- Director: Costa-Gavras
- Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner
- keywords: central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, government, corruption, police, politics, fascism, greece, investigation, pacifism, coup d'etat, anti-communism, cover-up, conspiracy, police corruption, political assassination, justice, right wing, government corruption, military coup, dreyfus affair, rally, far right, greek military junta, far-right organization, power
- Production_studio: Valoria Films, Reggane Films, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
- Slogan: He is alive!
- providers: Max, Criterion Channel
- The Z is featured in the top rankings of 1969
- #5 in Top Drama Movies of 1969
- #3 in Top Crime Movies of 1969
- #2 in Top Thriller Movies of 1969
Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor finds evidence of a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled account of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, Z captures the outrage about the US-backed military junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.
