# Z (1969)  > **He is alive!** > A 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. **Runtime**: 2h 7m **Genres**: Thriller, Crime, Drama ## 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 - [[Bernard Fresson]] as Matt - [[Pierre Dux]] as Gendarmerie General Missou - [[Georges Géret]] as Nick - [[Magali Noël]] as Nick's Sister - [[Marcel Bozzuffi]] as Vago - [[Julien Guiomar]] as Gendarmerie Colonel - [[Renato Salvatori]] as Yago - [[Jean Bouise]] as Deputy Georges Pirou - [[Clotilde Joano]] as Shoula - [[Maurice Baquet]] as Heroic Bricklayer - [[Habib Reda]] as Deputy Public Prosecutor - [[Hassan El-Hassani]] as General's Chauffeur - [[Gérard Darrieu]] as Barone - [[Jean-Pierre Miquel]] as Pierre - [[Sid Ahmed Agoumi]] as Gendarmerie Officer - [[Jean Dasté]] as Illya Coste - [[Van Doude]] as Hospital Director - [[Jean-François Gobbi]] as Jimmy - [[Guy Mairesse]] as Dumas aka The Russian - [[Andrée Tainsy]] as Nick's Mother - [[Eva Simonet]] as Niki - [[François Chaumette]] as (voice) - [[Allel El Mouhib]] as - [[José Artur]] as Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper (uncredited) - [[Raoul Coutard]] as English Surgeon (uncredited) - [[Steve Gadler]] as English Photographer (uncredited) - [[Gabriel Jabbour]] as Bozzini (uncredited) - [[Georges Rouquier]] as Attorney General (uncredited) --- [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2721) | [IMDb](https://imdb.com/title/tt0065234)