Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.


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Yves Montand
The Deputy, a doctor

Irene Papas
Hélène, wife of the Deputy

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Examining Magistrate

Jacques Perrin
Photojournalist

Charles Denner
Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

François Périer
Public Prosecutor

Bernard Fresson
Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Pierre Dux
Gendarmerie General Missou

Georges Géret
Nick
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