Z
He is alive!
Z (1969)
Timing:
2:2 (122 min)
7.781/10
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Production
Genre
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Budget
$40 000 000
Revenue
$83 305
Director
Actors
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer, Bernard Fresson, Pierre Dux, Georges Géret, Magali Noël
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.
What's left behind the scenes
- A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Greek writer Vasilis Vasilikos.
- Both the novel and the film depicted real events that took place in Greece in the 1960s. On May 22, 1963, at an anti-war rally in Thessaloniki, Grigoris Lambrakis, a member of parliament for the Unified Democratic Left party, was fatally wounded by two far-right extremists traveling in a three-wheeled vehicle, and died in hospital five days later.
- The film's music was composed by Mikis Theodorakis, a friend and comrade of the murdered MP Lambrakis, who secretly sent it from Greece. Theodorakis himself became a victim of political repression under the authoritarian regime. In addition, the film features the melody “Psyché Rock” by electronic music composer Pierre Henry.
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