Properties5
| Type | Film |
| Directors | Costa-Gavras |
| Genres | Thriller, Crime, Drama |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 1969 |
| Note created | Jan 9, 2026 |
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)